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  • Blog,  Living in Canada

    A Knight To Remember – Medieval Times Dinner & Tournament

    June 7, 2016 /
    Close-up of the left shoulder of a medieval breastplate

    When it comes to carefree escapism Medieval Times Dinner and Tournament holds the crown.

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    Window on our world

    View from the gazebo

    April 11, 2012

    A-Z of Canada: E is for Emerge

    June 17, 2013

    Losing our cares at the beach

    March 8, 2012
  • Autobiographical Posts,  Blog

    Grandad’s Ghost, or, How To Fuck Up A Funeral

    December 17, 2015 /
    Closeup of a pile of vintage family photos

    Time, so boundless at first blush, is a shrinking prison, and it now seems to me ever more important to know the truth, to render the furrows ploughed into memory as accurately and authentically as possible. How else can you know who you are?

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    What’s in a name?

    April 11, 2012
    Calm, Lake Ontario

    Freedom & Fear – two sides of the same coin

    August 30, 2013
    Dog escaping

    Ungrateful Bitch (Part 1)

    February 27, 2012
  • Blog,  Bridging Cultures,  Interracial marriage

    Bangles, Betrothal & ‘A Good Pakistani Girl’

    October 10, 2013 /
    Openable Indian gold kara's

    The narrow gold bands jingled gaily as my mother in law kneaded the atta for the evening’s roti. They glinted in the sunshine when she reached skywards to peg the washing and tinkled when she raised a hand to adjust the duputta covering her hair...

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    Awards

    Versatile? Me?

    October 17, 2011
    Dairymilk chocolate bar partially unwrapped

    Chocolate heaven…

    January 6, 2012
    less is more

    Declutter Your Life – Emigrate!

    April 5, 2012
  • Blog,  Expat Life,  Living in Canada,  Photography

    Ever been to a rib-eating contest?

    July 17, 2013 /
    Whitby Ribfest 2013

    Me neither until the weekend...

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    hockey night

    Pucks and Punch-Ups

    January 22, 2013

    Patriotism

    September 27, 2011

    “If you’ve met one person with autism, you’ve met one person with autism”

    February 10, 2017
  • Blog,  Expat Life

    The hardest part…

    November 5, 2011 /

    My biggest self-discovery on my expat adventure, is that I am actually a very serious nester, a homebody. This doesn't exactly sit well with the expatriate life we have chosen...

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    Mindfulness in Depression Relapse Prevention – Thoughts are not facts

    October 22, 2012
    magic book open on wooden surface

    Reading: Teleportation for the Soul.

    March 3, 2018

    Point & Shoot: Polar Plunge

    December 30, 2013

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    Nude yoga: Now available in Toronto
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    How People With Autism Fake It
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    O Canada, O What do I do?
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    Where do butterflies go to die?
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    Meeting the In-Laws - bridging the cultural divide
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    What made you become a Muslim?

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