I don’t know if it’s because they’ve been doing work just outside my house today — putting up a new electrical pole because the old wooden one was janky and woodpecker pecked — but I’m in a mood. The noise has been non-stop and though I live on a pretty busy street and can hear…
Category: Thoughts on Things
aftertaste / residue
I love movies. Love the way they allow me to sink into another world so I can be absorbed into it. Thoughtful attention to framing scenes, strong acting, sensitivity to and the juxtaposition of colours and lines – and yes, a tight plot-line are qualities that make a movie for me. Films don’t have to…
top 5 of 2025
Dear Friend, Today is December 31st. This year is slowly becoming another. In some places it’s already 2026. In Guyana, we call this day Old Year’s Day. In the US, it’s called New Year’s Eve. The different names may give some inking as to how the two different psyches operate. Looking back or looking forward….
state of the art
Last week, I took part in a holiday sale event. It was held in a fancier part of town and shoppers had to RSVP in order to attend. There was a coffee and a champagne bar and some shoppers in evening attire. Was the table free? Absolutely not! For the cha-ching price of $275.00, I…
what if…?
I’m in the middle of If Cats Disappeared from the World (2012) by Genki Kawamura. . The world Kawamura builds and perhaps too, the texture of the language both give me a Murakami vibe. But at the same time, it also gives me moments of pause, making me ask myself the very questions that baffle…
take only what you need
Ever come across a book that you wish you’d gotten your hands on earlier in your life? I’m nearing the end of Robin Wall Kimmerer’s book, Braiding Sweetgrass and oh! how I wish I’d had this book when I was younger so I could have grown up with this knowledge, and it would have been…
every sunday
Every Sunday, in the early evening, the smell of baking bread breakdances through the house. It slides into rooms and closets, sweeping itself under doors even if they’re shut. Sour dough bread is not something I grew up with but has become something I’ve grown to love. It’s a real struggle not to cut into…
notable reads
Dear Friend, I recently read a few books and stories I’d like to share with you. Maybe my taste in literature might not be yours but if you have access to your public library, finding out if our tastes are similar isn’t that hard. They’re all written by non-western authors so if you’re looking for…
this ‘daily practice’ thing (ep.2)
Packing for vacation is always a headache, isn’t it? I don’t know anyone who enjoys it but maybe there are a few of you out there. My sister stuffs four, sometimes five pairs of shoes into her suitcase and tries to convince me (herself) she needs them all. Fortunately, she has small feet so it’s…
the dark side of japan
It’s taken me over three months to write this post. For a long time, I kept the title in my drafts folder, waiting. I’m not sure why the hesitancy, though. Is it because, whatever little I know of the Japanese culture, I really appreciate it? Or is it because, being inherently non confrontational, I’m worried…