I’m still recovering from last week’s festivities and surprises.
This recovery process included sleeping for 12 hours last night, which is almost unheard of for me, and spending most of yesterday afternoon and evening lying on a couch and trying to avoid anything resembling work. Last week was the MagNet/PWAC conference, the National Magazine Awards, and the Arthur Ellis Awards. I …
Jun 8, 2009
Last week was a very, very good week
Apr 21, 2009
Believe me, it really is an honor just being nominated
I came home from my regular Tuesday night boxing class at Blue Cat to discover that I had been nominated for a National Magazine Award. Yeah, welcome home to me. This being 2009, I found out via Twitter thanks to a message from Kim Pittaway. (She’s nominated for three awards! I’m a total underachiever.) Here’s the full list of nominees.
You …
Mar 3, 2009
My life in dépanneurs
I finally got my hands on a PDF of an article I wrote for Maisonneuve magazine last year. It’s a a personal story that recounts the dépanneur owners I’ve dealt with since moving to Montreal, and it’s one of my favorite pieces of work from the past year or so. You can download a PDF of the piece here, or …