With scars and stabs, blisters and calluses, my hands have been worn down and worked hard this year.
I was used to getting coffee spills and burns; the common scaldings that come with the work of a barista. I was used to the middle finger callus from writing and throwing frisbee. But I had nearly forgotten […]
Grandma passed away on a Tuesday.
She was in the hospital at Christmas for bowel surgery. In January, she was re-admitted for problems with her liver. It was cancer this time.
It feels so strange that she won’t be around any longer. It always seems to be that when something is taken from me, I immediately want […]
As the semester is coming to an end, my projects are slowly coming to arrive at their submission dates.
It’s a bit daunting at first, to have to complete some major projects worth a large portion of the semester’s mark. But as I slowly proceed at this, it becomes more of a habit, then a worry. […]
The map of the M.I.A. also stated that there was a Van Gogh, so while still in the Impressionist wing, I decided to look for it.
As I sauntered down the gallery, past landscape and pastoral scenes, I ended up somewhere in the ornemental silver section, alongside some statues, too. I was curious as to how […]
Remember in elementary school, when there were field trips?
You would get a permission slip for your parents to sign, pack a lunch, board a school bus and go to a museum or Provincial Park or the symphony? Remember how classes were on hold until the next day?
I guess I had that in mind initially when […]
During the last week of the summer, there was an option in the Crafts activity to make Sock Puppets. Having no pressing groups or schedules to plan for the next week, I had time on my hands. Also, having donated a pair of washed socks, I was curious to see what became of these parts […]