pain

Today I had my eyebrows shaped at Flaming June Day Spa on Commercial Drive in Vancouver, B.C. My son watched in fascination and took this photo as esthetician Gracie Ulu spread wax around the edges of my brows and de-haired a new shape into them. If you think about it, it’s really an odd...

The words of a mom who lost her adult son have stayed with me today. Her 30-year-old son Devon Clifford died after collapsing on-stage at the Rickshaw Theatre in downtown Vancouver on Friday night while drumming with his band You Say Party! We Say Die! The young man suffered massive bleeding in his brain...

The metal shelves rattle a bit when I type at my top speed, so I’ll have to see about that. And I need to locate the power cable for my printer because I want to print something. Adjusting to a new desk is definitely a process, especially for us sensitive writer types who will...

Today I got a new desk at Ikea – and this very blog post is the first thing I’ve written at my new desk. It’s a white Fredrik work station from Ikea. I haven’t even decided what to put on the shelves, and there is room for my desk top and lap top. As...

I’m a self-employed mom of a home learning kid – so being mobile is very important to me. I often work in my car on my Mac laptop, which is where I took the picture for this post, using PhotoBooth. I use my iPhone to tether my lap top, and I should probably take...

It’s pretty exciting to see the first bits of green in the peat pucks. After one week, the nasturtium seeds are sprouting, and I am pretty excited about it. I always feel skeptical when I plant seeds, so their growth seems like an exciting surprise. I keep going back and checking them, and it’s...

Now my upper back pain has turned into a nasty spasm and I can barely type. What? What? What is the problem? It’s hard to move, but I’ve got to write my post for today and I want to Google info on back pain. My pain must not be enough on its own. I...