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Ottawish: November 2011
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One Newfoundland ex-pat living in Ottawa. I'm a writer (apparently). Wednesday, November 23, 2011. Today I woke up and there was snow, layered, rising, and I thought "not today". I made four different phone calls to say we weren't leaving. Wee man and I had popcorn for lunch and watched Elmo. Cuddled in our blanket. I tried not to think about the money I was costing us by deciding to stay in. Wednesday, November 16, 2011. Day in the Life. 5:00 am: "Is Little Fella awake? Is he going to wake up? New moist...
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One Newfoundland ex-pat living in Ottawa. I'm a writer (apparently). Saturday, October 13, 2012. I would like more dancing to happen. I've been listening to some new albums and I feel like one song in particular has crawled into my bones. I wish I had more time to practice. This writing program has completely taken over my life, which I love and has been so great, but I still ache for other things. Ah, well. Short term pain, long term gain and all that. Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom).
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Ottawish: January 2012
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One Newfoundland ex-pat living in Ottawa. I'm a writer (apparently). Monday, January 30, 2012. I am in a grumpy mood. Just let me say this, I have been working at my new hospital since September and I still feel like I don't belong. I miss the girls who used to laugh and draw silly pictures and call each other "Peach.". There are no "Peaches" or "Loves" or "Duckies" here. I used to work 50 hours a week and didn't mind it all that much. Now I'm working 10 hours a week and it's lonely. One of those days.
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One Newfoundland ex-pat living in Ottawa. I'm a writer (apparently). Friday, June 22, 2012. I'm supposed to be writing an article - instead, I've decided to download Irish music to make myself homesick. Ya know. The Irish, they get longing. Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom). Coming Soon: Review of In a Dark, Dark Wood by Ruth Ware. Dothraki Ice Bucket Challenge. Disney Challenge 8 of 52: Make Mine Music (1946). The World’s Best Meatloaf. There was an error in this gadget.
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Ottawish: September 2011
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One Newfoundland ex-pat living in Ottawa. I'm a writer (apparently). Saturday, September 24, 2011. Before I left Newfoundland, I had a distant relative who moved to the St.John's for the first time. I've never met her, but my uncle asked that I add her to Facebook so that she'd know someone in the city. I did, and she spent nearly every day complaining about how awful Newfoundland was and how much she hated it there. So, I'm trying to give it a chance. It still makes sense to me. Other than that, we're s...
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Ottawish: May 2012
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One Newfoundland ex-pat living in Ottawa. I'm a writer (apparently). Wednesday, May 9, 2012. I've never had live flowers in or around my place. Between the basement apartments, struggling university lifestyle and general short-seasoned-ness of Newfoundland, it's just never happened. A few months ago I noticed a hook outside our balcony door. "We're getting a basket of flowers", I said. Blood ran down from left middle finger. Yes I'll get it, let's go." and I kicked the pylon aside. Last night, while we w...
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Ottawish: June 2012
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One Newfoundland ex-pat living in Ottawa. I'm a writer (apparently). Wednesday, June 27, 2012. A day late, but here she be. Some details have been changed to preserve anonymity. Our plane banked towards the farmland knitted below, "We'll be in our new home soon.". I was surprised at the amount of pasture so close to the city; Ottawa. A far cry from Newfoundland, the origin of our journey. The weight of our angled approach pushed me into my window while my son squirmed uncomfortably on my lap. I led the p...
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Ottawish: October 2011
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One Newfoundland ex-pat living in Ottawa. I'm a writer (apparently). Thursday, October 20, 2011. The Fellas have flown back to Newfoundland for the weekend - Mr.Fella is "crossing the stage" for his Masters and he brought the little man with him. I couldn't go because I was unable to get the time off work (one of the down-sides of working with very few co-workers - no one to cover for you.). I'm normally a pretty independent person, and for the longest while I thought "awesome! Wednesday, October 5, 2011.
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Ottawish: Creative Nonfiction Longlist
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One Newfoundland ex-pat living in Ottawa. I'm a writer (apparently). Tuesday, June 26, 2012. The Canada Writes Creative Nonfiction longlist came out today. There were over 2100 submissions and 30 made the longlist (a small percentage, for sure.). My piece didn't make the cut. Statistically, it isn't all that surprising, though it's impossible not to be a little disheartened. I keep telling myself "well, this is part of it." ("it" being writing). So I feel a little better. Dothraki Ice Bucket Challenge.
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Ottawish: April 2012
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One Newfoundland ex-pat living in Ottawa. I'm a writer (apparently). Saturday, April 28, 2012. April, it would seem, has become the month of visits in our little apartment. Parents, friends. My cousin, the comedian and film maker, six years younger than I am. I hadn't spoken to him, really, in years. He's all grown up now with wild woolly red hair. My husband's best friend - highschool friend, was here last week. We hadn't seen him in a year before that. And you smile at each other. Collectives that will...
