Forget about Paying it Forward. What about Paying Attention? A few weeks ago I was at a gathering with a few expats, where pizza was consumed. We were using scissors to cut the pizza (Swedish pizzas are super thin and rarely presliced) and I noticed that our hostess needed them. So I grabbed the scissors…
Lost or found Standing still Or always moving. White picket fences Wide open spaces The iron masked man Stands, watching (strange little girl) Running in circles. Children swing Back and forth Laughing or crying. City parks Shine bright on perfect days. Do you know where When? To jump off the merry-go-round? Strange Little Girl
The Government of Canada makes sure that Canadian artists are represented in television and movies. And I can totally tell when there is Canadian content. I watched The Vow tonight and even though I already know that Rachel McAdams is Canadian, the second that they listed Wendy Crewson, I also knew that it was filmed…
A friend is moving to Nepal for 8 months and then to England for grad school. She just put her life in a storage container and it reminded me of all the places I have lived, all the stuff I have sorted discarded sold given away and held onto for some reason. And I look…
The thought occurred to me the other day that I never clarified or explained these mixed emotions for which this website is named. The phrase was “created” after I decided to move to Sweden. I realized that I loved Vancouver and my life there so much that this was a bittersweet move, no matter how…
Journey of Mixed Emotions 