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Letter 20: On Each Peach, Pear, Plum
Every so often, the fairies or nymphs or whichever other magical creatures it is who stock the kitchenette at my place of work leave a large bowl of…
Mar 9, 2023
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February 2023
Letter 19: On Japanese Stationery
It is September, and I am about to click Confirm Order on a Hobonichi agenda for 2023, four ridiculous months in advance. I’d like to credit this event…
Feb 12, 2023
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Emily
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Letter 19: On Japanese Stationery
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January 2023
Letter 18: On Planes, Trains and Automobiles
This wasn’t supposed to be a reflection on the 1987 John Hughes film, though as I type this sentence, I am beginning to reconsider this decision as my…
Jan 29, 2023
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Letter 18: On Planes, Trains and Automobiles
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Letter 17: On Serendipity
It was the Friday before Christmas, and mercifully we had been let out from work at noon. With a whole afternoon before me, I was eager not to waste it…
Jan 15, 2023
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Letter 17: On Serendipity
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Letter 16: On My Year of War and Peace (Part I)
Reader! Happy New Year! It feels good to be back, stretching the old writing muscles, creaky as they may be, as we enter into 2023. So many fresh pages…
Jan 1, 2023
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Letter 16: On My Year of War and Peace (Part I)
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March 2022
Letter 15: On Antiques
A blemish on the miracle that is 21st century, first-world living is the crush of consumerism, the constant inundation of cheap goods, disposable goods…
Mar 26, 2022
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Letter 15: On Antiques
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Letter 14: On Isaac Bashevis Singer
Sometimes the things we love wend their way into our lives in the most unassuming of ways. A number of years ago, trawling the library catalogue for…
Mar 12, 2022
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Letter 14: On Isaac Bashevis Singer
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February 2022
Letter 13: On Doing
The sound of a voice drifts in and out, and though the language is familiar, you can’t seem to extract meaning from what is being said. You follow the…
Feb 26, 2022
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Emily
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Letter 13: On Doing
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Interlude
Friends! It feels surreal that this little newsletter hit a dozen posts last week. I had no idea what I was doing when I started writing but I feel like…
Feb 19, 2022
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Emily
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Letter 12: On Americans
We Canadians, from our perch here above the 49th parallel, with this watery culture of ours that we grasp at but can never fully capture, often revert…
Feb 12, 2022
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Letter 12: On Americans
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Letter 11: On Winter
We’ve enjoyed what has felt like the first proper winter for some time here in Toronto; in recent years, snowfalls seem to have become fewer and farther…
Feb 5, 2022
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Emily
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Letter 11: On Winter
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January 2022
Letter 10: On Dentistry
You’ve barely entered the office but your teeth are already clenched in anticipation of their impending examination. Various pangs and aches keep…
Jan 29, 2022
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Letter 10: On Dentistry
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