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  • Blog,  Expat Life

    For Whom The Bell Tolls (or A Funny Thing Happened In Paris)

    September 30, 2013 /
    Town Bell, Paris, Ontario

    The plaque on the wall said it hadn’t been rung since July 1st 2002. Well that was about to change...

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    The Unity Button

    October 3, 2012
    Different Tree

    How BPD made me a better expat

    January 29, 2013
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    A penguin love story with a twist

    November 6, 2011
  • Blog,  Mental Health

    Life Lessons – Bringing Mental Health To Class

    September 25, 2013 /
    Small boy staring out over Lake Ontario

    You’d think having travelled out of the lonely wasteland of mental illness and learnt to manage my condition, I’d be great at nurturing awareness of emotional health in others. Dr Kutcher made me realize there was much more I could be doing for my children...

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    Simcoe Point House, Ajax, Ontario; 1911

    History – a moveable feast, or so it would seem…

    August 16, 2012

    The Lake At The Centre Of My World

    August 21, 2013
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    Vanishing Point – Losing my mind to anorexia

    December 12, 2012
  • Bridging Cultures,  Interracial marriage,  Islam

    What made you become a Muslim?

    September 18, 2013 /
    Solitary Journey

    There are times when the faith I connect with seems a different animal viewed through the eyes of others. I wonder if I still count as a Muslim when I disagree with so much it’s purported to represent...

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    Make Me A Muslim

    February 12, 2013
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    Ghosts Of Ramadans Past

    August 6, 2013
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    What price a woman’s heart?

    January 3, 2013
  • Expat Life,  Living in Canada

    Childhood Is A Foreign Country

    September 12, 2013 /

    At five I played ‘Ring-O-Ring-O-Roses’ and ‘What’s The Time Mr Wolf’. I went to birthday parties, passed the parcel, ate cubes of pineapple and cheese off cocktail sticks without ever wondering why, and danced unabashedly to ‘The Birdie Song'...

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    A fluid identity

    Identity – More Than The Sum Of My Parts

    October 26, 2013

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    September 27, 2011
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    Under Surveillance: West Nile Virus In Canada

    July 11, 2014
  • Blog,  Expat Life,  Photography

    Wherever The Fancy Takes You

    September 4, 2013 /

    J & T returned to school today and already the summer seems like a memory. I wrote this piece last week - it feels a million miles away right now...

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    History – a moveable feast, or so it would seem…

    August 16, 2012
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    Car Insurance In Canada – 5 Tips For Expats

    May 7, 2012
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    Where do butterflies go to die?

    November 9, 2011
  • Blog,  Expat Life,  Living in Canada,  Photography

    Back-To-School With A Snowbird Fly-Past

    September 2, 2013 /
    snowbirds-over-falls

    For the students of Captain Michael VandenBos Public School here in Whitby, the first day back after summer break holds an extra frisson of excitement...

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    Welcome to Canada – the home of over-priced telecommunications!

    December 5, 2012
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    AND THE WINNER IS…

    April 16, 2012
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    The magnetic pull of Lake Ontario

    June 13, 2012

TOPICS

  • BRIDGING CULTURES
    • Expat Life
      • Living in Canada
    • Interracial Marriage
    • Islam
  • MENTAL HEALTH
    • Aspergers
    • Bipolar
    • Mindfulness
  • PHOTOGRAPHY
  • WRITING

Top Posts & Pages

  • Challenges of interracial marriage
    Challenges of interracial marriage
  • O Canada, O What do I do?
    O Canada, O What do I do?
  • Where do butterflies go to die?
    Where do butterflies go to die?
  • How People With Autism Fake It
    How People With Autism Fake It
  • Nude yoga: Now available in Toronto
    Nude yoga: Now available in Toronto
  • Meeting the In-Laws - bridging the cultural divide
    Meeting the In-Laws - bridging the cultural divide
  • The truth about Islam
    The truth about Islam
  • Make Me A Muslim
    Make Me A Muslim

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