Category Archives: Sad

Right Now

It seems I will never sleep again Or else sleep too deeply for the rest of time Today I hate Sundays because Sundays are a day of goodbyes My soul is raw and tender with your leaving We created the … Continue reading

Share
Posted in Family, Friends, Just for You, poetry, Sad | Tagged , | 1 Comment

Where was I?

I saw you there, standing on the corner at rush hour. I thought you were standing with your friends from school. You were all talking, and, I thought, joking around. But then things turned. In the flash of an eye, … Continue reading

Share
Posted in Just Wrong, Sad, True Stories | Tagged , , | Leave a comment

Aw, shit.

“My friends, love is better than anger. Hope is better than fear. Optimism is better than despair. So let us be loving, hopeful and optimistic. And we’ll change the world.” A letter to Canadians, from Jack Layton

Share
Posted in Canadian Politics, Sad | Tagged , , | Leave a comment

The Words of His Roaring

The drive north for a board meeting was lovely; the sun was shining this morning. Every so often I looked across the rolling prairies, and thought of that scene in The Studhorse Man, where the horses all get loose from … Continue reading

Share
Posted in Just for You, Remembery, Sad | Tagged , | 1 Comment

Denouement

(n) denouement (the outcome of a complex sequence of events) Well. I don’t think I’ve been that excited about something I had pretty much no control over since Cory L. took us out to pull doughnuts on frozen sloughs one … Continue reading

Share
Posted in Canadian Politics, Sad | Tagged | 8 Comments

Not my strong suit

International politics and history. Not my strong suit. I don’t know much about history (in fact, I am in awe of people who can remember historical facts, figures, names, important events, etc.). There were plenty of people in my circle … Continue reading

Share
Posted in Bad Mojo, Crackpot Theory, Just Wrong, Sad, True Stories, When There's Weather | Tagged | 15 Comments

to be or not to be

First, go read this story about some Very Unpopular Decisions the Saskatoon school division has just made. Go ahead. I’ll wait. Now. It’s a pretty dumb idea. It’s dumb because, like the whole “we won’t fail your kid because it … Continue reading

Share
Posted in education, Just Wrong, piss in your eye, Rants, Sad, Something or other but True | Tagged , , | 15 Comments

Missing You

I have three cousins. Yes, just three. Well, I have plenty of second-cousins-once-removed and such, but my father is an only child, and my mother had only one brother and one sister. Three of my grandmother’s siblings had no children, … Continue reading

Share
Posted in dreams, Family, Sad | Tagged , | 8 Comments

Sensitivity Training

Every year, hundreds of thousands of dollars are spent in elementary, middle, and high schools, for specialists to try to teach children to be better humans. School is more than just learning your multiplication tables and parts of speech (and … Continue reading

Share
Posted in Bad Mojo, Children, education, Just Wrong, piss in your eye, Rants, Sad, When There's Weather | Tagged , , , , | 26 Comments

But, you see, that’s not the point

Recently, a few of the folks on whose eff-lists Yours Truly may appear on the effbook have indicated their affinity for groups like: “If I have to take a drug test to qualify for a job, you should have to … Continue reading

Share
Posted in Just Wrong, Rants, Sad | Tagged , | 15 Comments