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  • Blog,  Photography

    Point & Shoot: Christmas comes early

    December 9, 2013 /

    Ever since we closed the door on November the kids have been excitedly counting the days to December 8th and this weekend the wait was finally over...

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    A Book, a Bereavement, and a Betrayal

    February 3, 2016
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    RIP Google Reader

    June 26, 2013
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    Stigma is still biggest hurdle to treating depression

    February 28, 2012
  • Blog,  Expat Life,  Photography

    Winter Is Coming

    November 27, 2013 /

    The air is still, there's no breeze. Expectation hangs dumbly like a first-grader trying to cut in at the school disco. Everything waits...

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    The first ever Whitby Ribfest

    The Ribfest Comes to Whitby

    July 16, 2012

    Point & Shoot: Christmas comes early

    December 9, 2013
    restrained

    Ungrateful Bitch (Part 2)

    March 6, 2012
  • Blog,  Expat Life

    Passing The Torch – Remembrance Day

    November 11, 2013 /
    Bagpiper, World War I

    Every Remembrance Day I'm reminded of the waste and futility of war, the squandering of life through an inability to live and let live. But today I realised something else: the importance of being clear and committed about what matters to you...

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    Pulled apart by horses

    Torn

    May 6, 2012
    Home Sweet Home sign hanging on door

    “I have a house…”

    May 9, 2012
    Canadian paparazzi

    Canadian Paparazzi have a lot to learn

    May 3, 2012
  • Blog,  Uncategorized

    Dear Tooth Fairy… Baby Teeth – Do You Keep Them?

    October 21, 2013 /
    Letter To The Tooth Fairy

    I'm not really sure why but I keep my children's baby teeth when they fall out. I can't bring myself to throw them away. What do you do with your little one's teeth?

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    Stewart Building, Toronto

    Toronto: Discovering the Discovery District

    March 19, 2012
    The Truth About Islam

    The truth about Islam

    September 25, 2012

    Tale of same-sex penguin pair goes viral – the saga of Buddy and Pedro continues…

    November 9, 2011
  • Blog,  Mental Health

    Story of A Miscarriage (Part 2)

    October 17, 2013 /
    Dead Leaves on wood

    No one tells you what to prepare for when you miscarry, beyond the practicalities of industrial strength sanitary supplies...

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    Adjustment & Culture Shock

    October 12, 2011

    The Good, The Bad & The Hungry

    July 20, 2012
    Toronto Time-Lapse

    Toronto Time-Lapse

    October 10, 2012
  • Blog,  Mental Health

    Story Of A Miscarriage (Part 1)

    October 16, 2013 /
    Dead Leaf

    The doctor looked at my face, apologized and said I’d lost my baby. How is it possible that you can know and not know something simultaneously?

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    Why This Writer Needs Other Writers

    September 23, 2016
    Close-up of a child's profile

    A Second Chance

    February 5, 2013
    magic book open on wooden surface

    Reading: Teleportation for the Soul.

    March 3, 2018
  • 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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    Window on our world

    Toronto Harbour Cruise

    August 14, 2013

    Now where did I put my Chihuahua?

    August 16, 2011
    Family at the beach, Ajax, Ontario

    The most precious things

    January 25, 2012
  • Blog,  Expat Life,  Photography

    The Lake At The Centre Of My World

    August 21, 2013 /

    The water moves languidly, a tranquil meditation on ease in your own form, and the blush of early sunshine brings just enough warmth to the hazy opalescence to make a swim seem the most desirous thing in all the world...

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    Point & Shoot – Blizzards, books & bumps in the night

    December 16, 2013
    Dead Leaf

    Story Of A Miscarriage (Part 1)

    October 16, 2013
    Home Sweet Home sign hanging on door

    “I have a house…”

    May 9, 2012
  • Blog,  Photography

    Fish’n’Chips

    August 16, 2013 /
    Window on our world

    Whenever we get a craving for some fresh-fried chip-shop fare we head out to Captain George's

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    A quiet moment

    January 17, 2012

    The hardest part…

    November 5, 2011
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    Britain vs. Canada

    August 4, 2011
  • Bridging Cultures,  Interracial marriage,  Islam

    Ghosts Of Ramadans Past

    August 6, 2013 /
    Sunset on Lake Ontario

    It’s the early hours of the morning. The sky is still a bottomless black and I've roused myself from sleep to eat before the fast begins...

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    Tolerance and Acceptance – subtle differences with a BIG impact

    November 29, 2011
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    Meeting the In-Laws – bridging the cultural divide

    March 23, 2012
    roti and dhaal

    Daily Bread – our relationship with roti

    May 23, 2012
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Top Posts & Pages

  • Nude yoga: Now available in Toronto
    Nude yoga: Now available in Toronto
  • 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
  • Surviving a Canadian Winter
    Surviving a Canadian Winter
  • A Sunday stroll and a history lesson
    A Sunday stroll and a history lesson
  • Meeting the In-Laws - bridging the cultural divide
    Meeting the In-Laws - bridging the cultural divide
  • Accepting Disability - A Work In Progress
    Accepting Disability - A Work In Progress
  • How do you know your interracial marriage will work?
    How do you know your interracial marriage will work?

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