there must be some three-year-anniversary curse… dooce describes it quite well. i’m glad to be leaving year three behind us.

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i’ll upload all the rest of my photos when i get home, but here’s the hippy bus to tide you over until then. also, here’s the link to Jason’s shambhala photos. I met Jason at the bbq on saturday – we’ve got the exact same camera! same model, same year, same everything. he definitely put [...]

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dancing pretzel sticks, jolly ranchers, toast with ginger syrup, oatmeal cooked over a campstove, ichiban that i served to a friendly gay raver named mitchell on sunday afternoon, chicken vindaloo, wholewheat pasta with tomatoes and olive oil and lots of salt and pepper and parmesan cheese, strawberries in a giant mug with vanilla ice cream [...]

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I spent most of last night sitting at the kitchen table with a map of BC and Alberta open in front of me, checking distances between cities and looking for campsites and studying the city layouts trying to remember how I am going to navigate between point A and point B while driving. Some moments [...]

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now that i’ve been in edmonton for a little over a week, i’ve settled into my own little routine. wake up, get ready and then head out to run a few little errands – shop for supplies for shambhala, souveniers or groceries, head over to the internet cafe and check my email, go back to [...]

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i’ve been finding it hard to get motivated to write entries here. i want to write, and i’ve been writing in my paper journal a lot, but when it comes to choosing things to share publicly, i’ve been feeling reticient. when i first arrived in edmonton, i spent two days alone. the first day was [...]

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i’m in edmonton now, just settling into my brother’s little flat and trying to orient myself. i feel like i’ve got a million thoughts swirling around in my head right now, all misty and ethereal and insubstantial. i’m waiting for them to condense. i’ve been dreaming but not remembering the dreams. i’m waiting for the [...]

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