Tag Archives: New Brunswick

Hazards of living in Alberta

I lived in Alberta for roughly twenty years before moving to New Brunswick about five years ago. Over the last few days, I’ve discovered one of the hazards of having lived there for so long. You are never where you … Continue reading

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Canada, singular and plural

(Originally published July 1, 2010 on Thoughtwrestling as “The Canadas.”) Canada is both problem and solution. It’s an ongoing exercise in creativity and problem solving. Sometimes it works out well; sometimes not. And it’s really, really big! Its lessons are … Continue reading

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The story today

It snowed. And so it begins … I’ve a pretty good idea of how the rest of the story goes. Tweet

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En vacances? Not really

The other day I came upon some writing I did quite a while ago. By “a while” I mean fifteen to twenty years ago. Amid all that writing I found a series of stories I wrote. I had put them … Continue reading

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This is what I have been doing

It seems wrong to say I haven’t posted anything this week because I’ve been busy — it’s Tuesday! But in many ways this is more like Thursday to me since I spent the weekend working. And a lot of that … Continue reading

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