I'm back in Canada. I had an amazing trip, but am very glad to be home, despite the teetering piles of laundry, mail and (metaphorically) email (I'm going to write to you really really soon!) I am 31 years old. I was a finalist for the Danuta Gleed Award (sincere congratulations to Pasha Malla, the winner). I missed you guys, along with my bed, my plants, the TTC, plentiful streetside garbage cans, and an abundance of cheap fruits and vegetables. Of course, now that I have those things, I miss a comprehensive subway system, the mysterious 4:30 strong winds, the best convenience store lunches I've ever seen, temples in parking lots and (very much, already) my brother.
But you can't have it all. And I'm doing pretty well--nothing like being thrilled to come home from a wonderful vacation to make a girl realize that.
Why would you lie about something dumb like that?
RR
Rebecca Rosenblum...
is a writer and editor who likes a lot of stuff. This is a blog about that stuff, and also her writing. Rebecca is the writer-in-residence at Jean Vanier High School, and was a juror for The Journey Prize 21. Her work has been short-listed for the Journey Prize, the Danuta Gleed Award and the National Magazine Award. Her first book of short stories, Once, was published by Biblioasis and was one of Quill & Quire's 15 Books That Mattered in 2008. Rebecca's stories are occasionally seen in Canadian periodicals and her second collection, *The Big Dream,* is forthcoming from Biblioasis.
2 comments:
Welcome back! I very much enjoyed the bulletins from your travels that you posted while you were away.
Thanks so much, Kate!! So glad you enjoyed the pics--posting them made me feel less homesick!
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