Twenty-Fourteen

2014 started on a small hill in East London. There were friends who became strangers, and strangers who became friends. There were conversations about life and the universe, and a fair amount of inebriation. It started off with a walk through old rainy streets, and banks almost over-flooded by the Thames. It started off without clear intention, and…

From the place you came from

Cars rushing past the house, which is not yours.  Traffic sounds, on an otherwise quiet centre town street.  You sit on someone else’s balcony, eyes on the view.  Buildings, so many buildings, probably built in the seventies.  Ugly, apartment complex buildings, nothing else.  A void settles in the midst of your ribcage.  Inhale, Exhale.  Air…

The first four seasons in London (part 1)

Day 1  Friday the 9th marks my one year anniversary of being in London.  I can recall the day I arrived so vividly, that I’m freaked out at the thought of it being a year ago. My aunt warned me ”time goes by faster and faster the older you get”, and today I couldn’t agree…

20 things I’ll miss about this city

This post was originally started a month ago.  Due to my lack of updates, and my lack of time to update, I decided to finish it now, at the airport, 20 minutes prior to boarding my flight to London. As a little prelude:  I said goodbye to my friends a few days ago…it made me…

The Beginning of the last Goodbyes

On Sunday, my parents came from Montreal to pick up some of my things, and well, to take my cat Cléo.  I found Cléo five years ago, during a cold month of January, and it took her years to get accustomed and to even warm up to me, and so it broke my heart having…