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March 21, 2020March 21, 2020Snowbird of Paradise

My Country Called Me Home

As I was telling him the saga of my need to return to Canada before the border closed, my cab driver from Edmonton airport to my house said, “Your country called you home.” I thought that was a pleasing way to think of it. I had originally planned to return in May but when COVID-19 […]

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May 31, 2017July 28, 2017Snowbird of Paradise

One Thing Leads to Another in Unexpected Ways

This is the story of how a bracelet goes missing and a hairdresser gives good advice. How It All Started The morning that I was due to leave London and return to Canada, a bomber in Manchester killed twenty-three people and injured one hundred and sixteen others. It was horrific. I turned on my sister’s television […]

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March 14, 2014July 7, 2014Snowbird of Paradise

The Bags I Have Packed

I sometimes find myself wishing that someone will see me when I am tapping my foot to music or singing along with my iPod. I want people to see me as cheerful and lighthearted and musically inclined. When I go outside, no one knows who I am. They don’t know who I once was, the […]

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