Category Archives: The Outside World

You might have heard something about a big arrest here in Toronto on Friday night. The gist of it is that 17 people with suspected links to terrorists (although they were not part of al-Qaida) were arrested overnight here in … Continue reading → Continue reading →

Wow, are my legs ever sore. Not surprising, since it’s not every Sunday that I walk over 5km. The Bell Walk for Kids Help Phone went wonderfully well today, even if I was exhuasted afterwards. It was great to see … Continue reading → Continue reading →

This Sunday I will be taking part again in the Bell Walk for Kids Help Phone. The Kids Help Phone is a phone line that kids can call to get advice or just to have someone to talk to. The … Continue reading → Continue reading →

Yesterday I was supposed to walk up to Bloor street to pick up some groceries, but I was feeling kind of blah so I put it off to today. Today the weather seemed unpleasant–snowing one minute, raining the next, and … Continue reading → Continue reading →

My grade four teacher taught my class that we should never say we hate something because hate is a strong feeling that is nearly impossible to feel. Instead, she said we should say we loath and detest something. Years later, … Continue reading → Continue reading →

The beauty of the objects in the museum sometimes depresses me, mostly because they make me aware of the poor quality of objects in my own home and for sale everywhere. It is unlikely that anything I have right now, … Continue reading → Continue reading →

Yesterday I got two concrete examples of why I’m so very, very tired of the commercialism of this time of year. First, there was a lady looking to buy a gift for her hard-to-buy-for sister-in-law. She wasn’t looking to spend … Continue reading → Continue reading →