Basic Instincts

I thought the loss my social life would be the greatest deprivation I suffered during COVID-19 lockdown. It wasn’t.

Coronavirus. An Update from Europe

Hello all. I hesitate to write this post. Somedays I get consumed by following coronavirus news – looking at the latest stats for places that interest me, seeking the latest dos and do nots, following press conferences, and watching depressing news clips. I do not want you to be supersaturated as well. But a friend…

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Cold Shivers Down My Spine

It’s the end of November, and I’m cold.  Isn’t part of the reason I left Canada because I hate the cold? As I type this, it is around 10 in the evening in time and about plus seventeen in temperature. How can I be cold? There is a complete absence of central heating. Yes, that’s…

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Re-Wiring

Roughly two weeks into my time in Gibraltar, I thought, “where the hell have two weeks gone?”. I was under the weather and my time zone clock was totally screwed up when I arrived. The clock got straightened out rather quickly, but I got a full-blown cold in the middle of summer that refused to…

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Return to Gibraltar

Saint Lucia was cool. But it didn’t change one thing – if I could live anywhere in the world, it would still be Europe. So, to follow the advice of my yoga instructor, “if you want to be in Europe, then go to Europe and see what happens!”.  So here I am.  I don’t need…

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Searching for Home

I have taken a bit of a writing hiatus. A friend from home came to join me for a bit, so writing went to the back burner. This is why I don’t know if I could ever be a “writer”. I love doing it, but it is difficult, solitary work, and when I instead have…

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