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Tag Archives: Attitudes
Mix, Match; Repeat
Two encounters over the space of 20+ years give me food for thought about my relationship with clothing. And how I handle presumptuous comments. You don’t care much about clothes, do you? I turn to look at the well-turned-out guy … Continue reading
Did You Ever Wonder?
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
The Princess & the Hygienist
A real-live princess gives a clinic in working a room and being in the moment; my real-live hygienist gives one in working my mouth and (I hope) being in that moment. Where’s a real-live Buddhist when you want to talk … Continue reading
Time’s Winged Chariot
Life’s too short: a philosophy that fits neatly on a t-shirt and that resonates easily for anyone asked to drink cheap wine. Life’s too long: that takes a little more space and effort to explore. Life’s too short. It must … Continue reading
One Key at a Time
I drop my mystery key back into the catch-all. It could be a sombre warning of all the things I hang onto without reason: the old junk stuffed into basement boxes, the outdated attitudes tucked away on my mind’s shelves. Continue reading
The Age of Aquarius
An encounter with a new-age jeweler on Vancouver Island leads to new perspectives on ways of being in the world. What’s the date? The twenty-third, I answer, without hesitation. Oh, that’s right, she says, the moon’s in the third quarter. … Continue reading
Working This Weekend?
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
Bein’ Green
Different protocols for recycling drive me crazy. OK, crazier. It’s not that easy bein’ green. Kermit the Frog How old am I? I’m so old, I remember when being environmentally responsible — not that anyone called it that — simply … Continue reading
How Could It Be Otherwise?
Acknowledging the experience of put-upon segments of society, while counselling caution about interpreting that experience. The cop is suspicious. How could it be otherwise? Dressed all in black, the bearded and pony-tailed young man exudes something very close to belligerence, … Continue reading
