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Summer Comes and Gravity Undoes You
When I think about my life, what do I think about? Lush ferns, peony petals on burnished wood, and open windows. Cool basements made sweltering by burning wood stoves. There’s vanilla extract, dark,...
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… But Home is Nowhere …
A few times a year, I hop on a plane, stare out at clouds and never-ending sky, and head east. A few hours in flight, a three hour drive, and Nova Scotia opens itself up to me, all wide space and trees...
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Fact and Fiction
The past two years saw me devour books, magazines, short stories. I sat in cafes and poured over characters, descriptions, new locales. Spent half hour subway rides reading The Godfather, Kafka, and...
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Why I Run
Driving along Ontario Street, one of the first things I noticed about Kingston was the number of joggers. They were everywhere. Seriously. I was intimidated and inspired. And a bit embarrassed for...
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Art as Fury
“All forms of madness, bizarre habits, awkwardness in society, general clumsiness, are justified in the person who creates good art.” ― Roman Payne, Rooftop Soliloquy Wheat Field with Crows, July...
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Searching for Authenticity
(Nick Olson and Lilah Horwitz built this cabin with $500 and repurposed windows) A while back I met up with a friend for city wandering and catching up and patio time. Meandering through Toronto’s...
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Mean Girls
(Lindsay and her “slut” shirt, from season 1 episode 8 of Arrested Development) Last summer I developed a wee obsession with crop tops and maxi skirts. I bought three, wait, four of the clingy skirts...
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Grey Matter
Sarah Harris, London Fashion Week Spring-Summer 2015, Via Le 21eme My first grey hair wasn’t grey; it was snow white and I was 16. I told myself it was blond and it was strange to find a light hair...
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The duality of the women’s washroom
There’s a reason why girls head to washrooms in packs. Ok, so it is an opportunity to escape from a dud date or maybe share a bit of gossip, but a major reason? There’s strength in numbers....
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The Inbetweeners
The culture of rushing is most literal on a Monday morning subway commute. Or en route to a flight. I was once huffed and puffed at by a man on the streetcar, impatient with the fact I was struggling...
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