And Then There Were Books.
I like reading. It’s pretty much my favourite thing to do. I like fiction best, except when I’m in a nonfiction phase. I love an ebook because it lets me hide my consumption from people, but I also love a hard copy. One can get overwhelmed by books if you’re not a bit selective about acquisitions. I try to limit my physical purchases to favourite … Continue reading And Then There Were Books.
We Need Roots, Wings, and Boundaries.
Good boundaries. I didn’t grow up with good boundaries. There are reasons for that: My mother wasn’t allowed boundaries as a child, so we weren’t raised with great ones. You can’t teach what you don’t know; I came of age in the 1980s – women and children having boundaries was still pretty frowned upon; I experienced child sexual abuse. There are many negative consequences to … Continue reading We Need Roots, Wings, and Boundaries.
I hate being right about American elections – an off-the-cuff joint.
I specialized in political science and economics at university. I like those areas of study, but it was also the degree program that allowed the greatest number of electives. I have diverse interests. I wanted to study many of the things on offer at university. A little knowledge isn’t nearly enough. One of the first poli-sci papers I wrote was about the now-former Yugoslavia. I … Continue reading I hate being right about American elections – an off-the-cuff joint.
I Don’t Look Ahead – an off-the-cuff joint.
Greed is the future? I’m GenX, and finding big financial success was all the rage when I was at university. Money was on almost everyone’s mind. The commerce faculties were flourishing in the nineties – people had taken all the wrong lessons from the movie, Wall Street – and many of the people I interacted with on campus had big plans to make big bucks. … Continue reading I Don’t Look Ahead – an off-the-cuff joint.
