40th birthday poem for husband
Friday, June 4th, 2010
entertainment listings - Vancouver Sun
entertainment listings Vancouver Sun $8, liveatrickshaw.com ""The Fugitives and Dan Bern Vancouver folk poets/multi-instrumentalists, the Fugitives perform with American songwriter Dan Bern. . Waldorf Hotel, 1489 E. Hastings . May 25, 8 pm . $18, Zulu, Red Cat, Highlife ""Clap Your Hands ... |
Greta and the space race: Winner of the Haaretz short story competition - Haaretz
 Haaretz | Greta and the space race: Winner of the Haaretz short story competition Haaretz Yulia Andreiva scolded Nadia Yaruslavna for it being inconceivable that Gennady, Nadia's husband, did not clean the toilet bowl after he, pardon the expression, took a crap. Before Nadia could fire back at Yulia and tell everyone exactly what her ... |
Finding my mother again
In the 15 years since my mother has been gone, she has become a mythical figure in my life. She was a woman to be revered, but also one so complicated and so different from me that I fear I’ll never stop struggling to make sense of her and to accept myself within the context of her shadow. My mother was 37 years old, twice divorced and childless when she met my father. She had been living in ... Read more
Hot, naked and pregnant
I’m standing in front of my house in a light rain, in the altogether, eight-and-a-half months pregnant, while a photographer snaps photos. I’m tucked into the hedge, hoping the neighbors don’t have a view from their windows. I’ve never been so happy to be naked. A year earlier, I had tumbled into a mid-life crisis. I had one child who was nearly three, and my husband and I were planning for a ... Read more
