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October 2016: wandering, mental health, and the upcoming election.

We bought a house, just a few weeks ago. We don’t move in for another couple of months, but the paperwork has been signed and the furniture shopping has already begun.

September 2016: On criticism, building cities, and inclusion.

The driveway beside our house fits two cars. This is a marked difference from our home in Toronto, where we not only didn’t have a garage or driveway, but didn’t have any street access at all. Instead, we lived in a house…

Falling in love with sleep: looking back at August, 2016

These past few days, I have been a little short on sleep. Some of this sleep deprivation comes from the kitten, who continues to bite my toes and dance on my belly while I rest, and some of it can be attributed to a small cold I…

Feeling the rhythm: looking back at July, 2016

A few weeks ago, L emerged from the shower and found me dancing along to the music of Awilo Longomba with our kitten in the living room. I don’t know what came over me that day, but I can imagine how ridiculous I may have looked, holding the cat’s…

Navigating urban sprawl: looking back at June, 2016

There’s a certain realization that you get pretty quickly when you spend any time hunting for residential real estate in this city: everything is very, very spread apart. Apart from a few small neighbourhoods in the central core, most of…

Retired life: looking back at May, 2016.

The idea of retirement has always felt so foreign to me. First, because men in my family have a history of dying young, so we don’t plan for many “retired” years. Second, financial security has always been a source of stress, and thinking of a time when I…

Life in a new city: looking back at February, 2016.

Friendship theory: looking back at January, 2016.