what i wore — old favourites

I’ve made quite a few additions to my closet in the last few months and often grapple with guilt about spending — this has always been an issue with me and probably won’t go away…

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what i wore: ’round town errands

around townby materfamilias Inspired by Karen Of a Certain Age, I’ve been wasting timeplaying around over at Polyvore. Quite a few weeks ago, when I posted about my new back-to-school shoes, Duchesse wondered what I’d…

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Pleasures of Theory: Kristeva’s Powers of Horror

I’ve been dismayed recently to see the fervour with which some journalists and politicians feel they need to attack what they construct as academic elitism. Stephen Harper, our re-elected prime minister of a still-minority (thank…

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Thanks-giving

First, a proud and hearty Congratulations to my little sister, Kathy, who completed the Royal Victoria Marathon yesterday in 4:22.39! Little sis’ has four kids, has fulltime paid work, does a crazy amount of volunteer…

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My new haircut

Okay, so here’s the new haircut — not great photos ’cause I’m taking them myself with my arm stretched way out. My hair’s new quite dry here, and later on I picked it out to…

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