Amazing how silent the world can be mere metres from one of the busiest streets in the largest city in Canada. Just birds, birds that trill, that laugh, that shout, and the full faraway sound of an airplane, and the cars in the distance that sound like a river. But…
Walking home along the frozen river. I had thought I would be cold in my skirt, thick tights and legwarmers but I was fine. Snow was falling down lazily and sticking to my wool coat, my eyelashes and the tips of my hair. Someone was cross-country skiing on the river. I…
I stand on my parents' driveway waiting for my friend, who has forgotten what house I am after so many years away. It's so quiet and I remember many other nights like this in high school, waiting for some boyfriend or friend under the light, looking up at the sky…
