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Reason and Wonder: On va vers hiver
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Change is a good thing . right? Wednesday, 27 November 2013. On va vers hiver. For weeks the anticipation has been building. Will it or won't it snow tonight? And tonight here it is, the bright, white blanket putting all our childish fitfulness to rest. And again with the firsts—this is my first First Snow. Two weeks ago as I walked home from class at lunchtime, the sky dusted down the tiniest of snowflakes that melted as they touched my jacket. This is it! In preparation for their. But tonight I'm conte...
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Reason and Wonder: November 2013
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Change is a good thing . right? Wednesday, 27 November 2013. On va vers hiver. For weeks the anticipation has been building. Will it or won't it snow tonight? And tonight here it is, the bright, white blanket putting all our childish fitfulness to rest. And again with the firsts—this is my first First Snow. Two weeks ago as I walked home from class at lunchtime, the sky dusted down the tiniest of snowflakes that melted as they touched my jacket. This is it! In preparation for their. But tonight I'm conte...
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Reason and Wonder: February 2013
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Change is a good thing . right? Wednesday, 20 February 2013. In contemplation of brown spirits. Goddammit, I'm sick! After walking about seven kilometres yesterday through the Plateau District, then on to Downtown and Chinatown, I've succumbed to a cold. Given that we received a nice dollop of snow last night, it's probably best I stay indoors rather than traipse around town as I was hoping to do, but when you want to be adventuring, being sick is a frustration. In April, so I shall take a bottle of Laph...
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Reason and Wonder: January 2014
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Change is a good thing . right? Sunday, 26 January 2014. It's a long way to the shop if you want a sausage roll. Australian ex-pat trying valiantly to uphold national pride in -20C. Photo: Charles Cardinal. The title of this post is something probably only Australians of a certain age would get. It's a schoolyard twist on the lyrics to AC/DC's It's a Long Way to the Top (If You Wanna Rock 'n' Roll). Just try singing it and you'll see what I mean. It's a curious thing, being an expatriate. There is al...
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Reason and Wonder: Rediscovering the Forgotten
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Change is a good thing . right? Friday, 11 October 2013. I have managed to make myself pretty busy of late, but one of the things I am up to is 20 hours of French classes a week. My trip to class takes me through the beautiful Parc La Fontaine. Maybe it's the novelty of it all, but I am finding this autumn in Montréal especially spectacular. We were both seriously impressed. One of the great pleasures of a Northern autumn is harvest season, and the boys and I have been solid in our appreciation of that&#...
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Reason and Wonder: The First White Christmas
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Change is a good thing . right? Sunday, 29 December 2013. The First White Christmas. Charles and I are back up in Ville-Marie, Témiscamingue, for Christmas. And while it would be out of character for me to not admit that I prefer it here in summer, it is exceptionally beautiful in winter, too. This has been my first-ever White Christmas and—boy, oh, boy! 8212;has it turned it on for me. So. Much. Snow! About 40km north of Ville-Marie. Stunning! As we headed back to Ville-Marie, we realised that yesterday...
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Reason and Wonder: March 2013
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Change is a good thing . right? Sunday, 31 March 2013. Here's to celebrating (a) new life! Easter's metaphor of resurrection/rebirth/the-renewal-of-the-cycle-of-life gets a little confused here in the Southern Hemisphere, but I'm very happy to run with it this year because my Canadian permanent residency was approved this week. Saturday, 16 March 2013. A little shameless bragging. Some of you (hi, Mum! My Diploma arrived while I was in Montreal last month. No one ever notes the editing, it's always about...
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Reason and Wonder: It's a long way to the shop if you want a sausage roll...
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Change is a good thing . right? Sunday, 26 January 2014. It's a long way to the shop if you want a sausage roll. Australian ex-pat trying valiantly to uphold national pride in -20C. Photo: Charles Cardinal. The title of this post is something probably only Australians of a certain age would get. It's a schoolyard twist on the lyrics to AC/DC's It's a Long Way to the Top (If You Wanna Rock 'n' Roll). Just try singing it and you'll see what I mean. It's a curious thing, being an expatriate. There is al...
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Reason and Wonder: May 2014
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Change is a good thing . right? Sunday, 25 May 2014. The little fish of shame. I've been musing that maybe one of the reasons I haven't written much here this year is because nothing ridiculous like this. Franglais. Ah, Montréal! Now, while the waiter blamed starving African hordes dredging the coastline with hand-held nets for this situation, the reality is it seems to have been overfishing by international commercial fleets. From the 1970s onwards that has tipped the balance. Now that the CSIRO has cra...
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Reason and Wonder: Back to school
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Change is a good thing . right? Tuesday, 7 January 2014. You sound like a French-from-France! To most English speakers this would be a compliment, right? Form of address with wild abandon. But let's not get picky now! To someone who has had exposure to French-from-France— moi. Of Témiscamingue, and today I started niveau 3. Level 3) of my cours de francisation. I'm now at the Centre Saint-Louis. I won't lie, I have found it very challenging going back to study almost full time. Twenty contact hours o...