I once spent a summer working for Commercial Union Life Assurance. I always wondered how life could be assured. But I never bothered to ask. The company sprawled across several floors in the Toronto Dominion Center, three black glass towers full of grey-faced slaves. I wore a skirt and pantyhose on the subway in the …
Kaddish for my dad
My dad was a mischievious sprite. He lived for the little thrills. He loved orange popsicles and sliding on ice patches. He would fly his kite to the end of a very long string and then tie the string to the arm of the adirondack chair and just sit back and gaze into the near-empty …
Love is a big fat pain in the ass
And I’m not talking about cosmic love, or love of my friends or self-love or blah blah blah. I’m talking about the throbbing melting red glowy heart, down-and-dirty oooh baby I WANT you kind, the I really want YOU kind. The i want to spend too much time with you and eat too much rich …
The Devices
I noticed today as I walked out the door, to hike in the forest, how good i felt, how physically light, how free… My phone left on its charger, laptop in its case on the floor. I know what benefits these devices give me, I don’t need to be sold – I bought in. I’m …
Nemesis
Once we were close, but there was a rift. She feels betrayed by me. She persecutes me and speaks ill of of me to my friends. Sometimes there is a grain of truth in her whisperings. At some level I know where she is coming from, and when she is at her worst she is …