GOOD THINGS: NAH-TIONALISM
My friend Kate took this photo of my BFFs Meagh and Claire for Toronto Pride. <3
It’s Canada Day!
This means that I have three days off in a row. I never get a long weekend! That’s nice, right?
Whenever people talk about Canada being the “best” country in the world I always wonder what they are selling. I wish I were celebrating the Quebecois version of this holiday where everybody takes the day off to move houses & then you can spend a day rummaging around the curbs & thrift stores for amazing treasure.
Still, good things:
- It’s July which means that my best pal & great love is home THIS MONTH! On the very last day of THIS MONTH! Ask me about it and watch me grin. We are having a tremendous run – possibly the most successful time apart ever – but I’ll be happy when it is over. I can’t wait to put my face up close to his face!
- Last night Bridget & I got all fancied up & paid a visit to Le Petit Bar. It opened months ago & I had been putting off visiting because I knew that suddenly everything else would pale in comparison. All candlelight & boozy fruit & dessert cheese & everything drizzled in honey & seasoned with fresh basil. Magic! Our pals Katie & Jamie both work there & we were spoiled rotten. I’m thinking that our post-knitting group drinks might need to relocate.
- Listening to & loving the new Fiona Apple album which has also prompted me to revisit The Weather Station’s “All of it was mine.“ So special when you can tell that there is a brilliant mind behind a beautiful song (or two):
- Current preferred iced coffee method: Add a couple of tablespoons of sweetened condensed milk to a glass. Pour an extra-long shot of espresso over top. Stir. Fill glass with ice.
- Digging into a big project & remembering that feeling challenged can feel right. Being able to manage my anxiety (for the moment) is such a gift & it is letting me do the things I want to do. Overwhelmingly thankful.
comic by Anne Emond
- This weekend’s to-do list includes: family hangouts, getting important things done, buying tasty food, hanging out with the cutest dog, making stuff, and scientifically testing pear ciders for deliciousness. I’m ready.
woot woot! you need to tell me everything about the testing pear ciders!!!
also on the note of fuck nationalism in quebec – did you listen to my radio piece on how it’s moving day, not canada day, in quebec? my favourite person was the scruffy cat lover.
I know we’ve talked about it before but I dunno if I heard the piece? Can you link it and then ALL OF MY MANY READERS can take a look?
i shared it on facebook on friday, for some reason i thought you “liked” it there but i just checked and no you did not! so here it is: http://www.cbc.ca/quebecam/2012/06/29/coping-with-moving-day-in-quebec-city/
Iris! I spent my Canada Day in Peterborough. We went because Shannon and Brooke are trying to sell Matt and I on Peterborough as a potential future home. I’d never been before, but really liked it. Plus, I got to see all the places you mention all the time, and where you work (though obviously it wasn’t open.) And then there was all these connections between places you mention and places Brooke knew or people she knew that you’ve mentioned before. Small world. Hopefully I can make it out there again sometime when you’re around.
Wow! Katie in Ptbo is too good to be true. I love it here a lot but it is really hard to get a good job – if you work somewhere that you could transfer here or if you have other connections tho, I say do it.
Next time you visit, email me first! I’ll buy you a drink.