Category Archives: Rambles

Bits and pieces provoked by moving through space, history, and the calendar.

What We Got Here

Posted on 11 January 2015 by Isabel Gibson

What we got here”¦is a failure to communicate. Captain, Road Prison 36 in Cool Hand Luke Another in a set of reflections on our recent trip to New Zealand and Australia. We have lots of kinds of coffee. He shouldn’t … Continue reading →

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The Fuzziness of Time Zones. Oh, Yeah, and Tiger Butter.

Posted on 04 January 2015 by Isabel Gibson

They took a Friday from us. I’m not sure where they put it. I’m not annoyed. Really, I’m not. Just a bit fuzzified. Continue reading →

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Yellow Stars & Uniforms

Posted on 26 October 2014 by Isabel Gibson

Will we triumph over evil? Continue reading →

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Season(ing)s

Posted on 16 March 2014 by Isabel Gibson

My season sensor sputters as February and March in Phoenix send me signals of all four seasons: shall I savour the variety or let it drive me crazy? My season sensor spins, trying to settle on a selection. Some trees … Continue reading →

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Did You Ever Wonder?

Posted on 03 November 2013 by Isabel Gibson

Seeing books used as props, anywhere other than on a theatre stage, baffles and annoys me simultaneously. Books, dagnab it, are not meant to to complement the wallpaper, but to inform, teach, divert, or elevate. Continue reading →

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Working This Weekend?

Posted on 01 September 2013 by Isabel Gibson

Now, you can argue about the wisdom of messing with the environment on any scale. But what hit me was his sense of working on — of belonging to — a noble and enduring endeavour that would last well beyond his lifetime. Continue reading →

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White Men Can’t Celebrate

Posted on 30 June 2013 by Isabel Gibson

If you do happen to see me standing on the furniture — well, I hope you’ll overlook it, just this once. I’ll be back to normal on Tuesday, I promise. Continue reading →

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Mind the Hole

Posted on 26 May 2013 by Isabel Gibson

Holes in the desert, ranging from the Grand Canyon to burrows for tiny rodents, inspire awe, albeit short-lived. Skunks, on the other hand, inspire a more focused mindfulness. Standing on the edge of a hole in the ground, I take … Continue reading →

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The Place Where

Posted on 21 April 2013 by Isabel Gibson

A trip back to my place of birth and home for a few decades leads to ruminations on home – what it has been for deep thinkers and poets, and what it is for me. Home is the place where, … Continue reading →

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