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Snip Happens

There is a sacred moment in every barbershop and salon when the professional leans in, scissors poised like a priest…

5 months ago

Making Peace with Yesterday

Here is the quiet truth about regret. It does not knock politely. It barges in unannounced, usually late at night,…

5 months ago

Valentine’s Day: Beyond the Roses

Valentine’s Day did not begin with price jacked-up menus and panic buying at the jewellery counter. Its roots stretch back…

6 months ago

The Grounds For An Affair

There is a relationship in our lives that has survived mood swings, financial stress, questionable fashion choices, even the slow…

6 months ago

The People We Outgrow

People rarely change all at once. They don’t wake up one morning as a different person, like a software update…

6 months ago

The Unwritten Rules at 35,000 Feet

Air travel is not complicated. We have somehow convinced ourselves it is, but really it is just a large metal…

6 months ago

Listening Without a Wrench

Mateo was known for fixing things in the coastal town of Playa Azul, where he and Lucía lived. Engines, pumps,…

6 months ago

Farm Economics and Animal Instincts

The farmer had arrived at that uncomfortable stage of adulthood where hope and overdraft protection nod politely to each other…

6 months ago

Dancing Sideways With Destiny

I have moved enough times in recent years to make my belongings suspicious of cardboard boxes. Eastern Townships of Quebec…

6 months ago

The Lost Sock Diary

There are two kinds of people in this world. Those who have lost a sock to the dryer, and liars.…

6 months ago