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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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    Mindfulness in Depression Relapse Prevention – The Breath

    July 18, 2012

    Troubles in Britain

    August 9, 2011
    less is more

    Declutter Your Life – Emigrate!

    April 5, 2012
  • 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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    Grandad’s Ghost, or, How To Fuck Up A Funeral

    December 17, 2015
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    Ungrateful Bitch (Part 3)

    April 9, 2012
    Simcoe Point House, Ajax, Ontario; 1911

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

    August 16, 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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    What About Your Saucepans? Lindsay De Feliz

    Review of “What About Your Saucepans” – genre: expat

    November 15, 2013
    Robin Williams’ star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame surrounded by flowers & tributes left by fans on August 12, 2014

    Humor & Depression

    August 15, 2014
    The Truth About Islam

    The truth about Islam

    September 25, 2012
  • 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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    Review of ‘An Inconvenient Posting – an expat wife’s memoir of lost identity’

    May 22, 2013
    Skunk

    School Lockdown – blame it on the skunk

    September 29, 2011
    Toronto Time-Lapse

    Toronto Time-Lapse

    October 10, 2012
  • 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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    A Book, a Bereavement, and a Betrayal

    February 3, 2016
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    Canada’s influence on your wardrobe…

    November 16, 2011
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    How eco-friendly is Canada?

    April 22, 2012
  • 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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    Awards

    Versatile? Me?

    October 17, 2011
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    Mindfulness in Depression Relapse Prevention – Exploring the landscape of depression

    August 2, 2012
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    Research into the prevention of depression relapse

    May 17, 2012

TOPICS

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

Top Posts & Pages

  • Bangles, Betrothal & ‘A Good Pakistani Girl’
    Bangles, Betrothal & ‘A Good Pakistani Girl’
  • O Canada, O What do I do?
    O Canada, O What do I do?
  • How People With Autism Fake It
    How People With Autism Fake It
  • Marrying into a different culture – The clash of East and West
    Marrying into a different culture – The clash of East and West
  • Desperation in the City of Dreaming Spires
    Desperation in the City of Dreaming Spires
  • Meeting the In-Laws - bridging the cultural divide
    Meeting the In-Laws - bridging the cultural divide
  • Ungrateful Bitch (Part 3)
    Ungrateful Bitch (Part 3)
  • How BPD made me a better expat
    How BPD made me a better expat

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