You live and learn. At least, I live and learn. Here are ten things I lived and learned this past year.
(But first, merry Christmas to those who celebrate it, and happy statutory holiday to those who do not!) In case you missed the title, let me repeat it: Hannibal Lecter is from faerie land. No, seriously. Think about it for a second. I was thinking about it — how you…
Among the many things that bother contemporary readers in C. S. Lewis’s Chronicles of Narnia is his treatment of Susan, the eldest sister and second-oldest sibling of the four Pevensie children who defeat the White Witch to become the rules of of Narnia in The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe. In The…
I grew up in Ottawa, studied in Kingston, and now I live in Toronto. So the first pointer for those looking to survive a Canadian winter is this: there isn’t a Canadian winter. I remember wearing a snowsuit under my costume on Hallowe’en; I remember not having to wear boots…
Lately, I’ve seen a lot of material about how to treat introverts wending its way through the Internet. There’s this and this… and also this, which, despite often identifying as introverted, I like best. Why? First, let me explain my introvert “cred.” If I had to choose between always being alone…