Sept 29 - And Just Like We Were Never There, Order Is Restored At The Ukrainian Cultural Centre

Twinkly lights come down
Kegs packed up, coffee urn dumped
A wedding rewound

Sept 28 - The Backyard String Band Reprises Favourites As We Eat Leftovers And Open Gifts At The Graham Street House

Three voices entwine
Singing songs of summer's end
    Past friendships reborn

Sept 27 - Rachelle And Aaron Get Married

Blue sky, fall colours
Memories of the rain gone
They walk in sunshine

Sept 26 - Run Here, Run There, But Just Get 'Er Done

Wedding tasks stack up
Michael's, flowers, ginger punch
Party storm building

Sept 25 - A Lot Of Small Chores, And Then Freedom

An ominous sky
But I seize the day and bike
Breathing out the stress

Sept 24 - Getting Back From Ottawa Before Noon Requires Rising When Your Body Thinks It's 1:30 a.m.

A killer combo:
Long flights after sleepless nights
Home to lasagna

Sept 23 - Day 2 Is As Good As Day 1, With The Exception Of One Particularly Awkward Moment Between A Priest And A Young, Clear Feminist That I Won't Mention Here

The choir keeps singing
Late at night, I write a song
Music changes minds

Sept 22 - There's A Time For Standing Up Against The Critics, And A Time For Just Surrounding Yourself With Other Sex-Work Activists And Enjoying People Who All Believe The Same As You Do

No minds to change here
We sing to the choir, voices
raised in harmony

Sept 21 - Dinner With Julie At The Whale's Bone, Which Clearly Doesn't Believe In Cheap Plastic Tubs Of Oysters From Portuguese Joe's

I slurp six oysters
Taking great care not to drip
money down my shirt

Sept 20 - The Dollar-Store Trip To Get Wedding Basics, Like Four Pair Of Salt And Pepper Shakers And 400 Serviettes

Blue and gold napkins
Buried beneath the crayons
Piled in big foil pans

Sept 19 - Wild Scrambling Ensued When We Learned The Mics Didn't Come With Batteries, But The Decrim Event Turned Out Just Fine

In the end, the gods
Give us a big audience
And a comfy couch

Sept 18 - My Dinner-Party Face Says There's Nothing Wrong, But I Quietly Wish I Could Redirect This Dog's Obsessive Attentions

Chloe licks my shins
She's too cute to be chastised
So I just take it

Sept 17 - We Each Get Our Own Signs To Carry At The United Way Launch

PEERS, this sign's for you
I'll brandish it like a sword
Until people see

Sept 16 - A Good Day At PEERS, And I Wish For This Place To Live Forever

There's a crowd downstairs
The buzz of women's voices
Makes me feel hopeful

Sept 15 - Thoughts That Work Whether Thinking About Cycling In From Latoria Walk Or About Life In General

Some routes are steeper
But they get you there faster
Today, I choose hills

Sept 14 - I No Longer Feel Unsettled, Just Happy If There's An Empty Drawer I Can Use

Pack up, load the tote
The gypsies are on the road
Nine moves since April

Sept 13 - Toni And Lee Have The Clever Idea Of Asking Guests To Come To Their Housewarming With Something For The Garden

We come bearing plants
Small gifts for this barren space
Where sedge will soon thrive

Sept 12 - A Day At Island View Beach, In Which My Quieted Brain Finally Comes Up With Talking Points

Flat sea and sunshine
I lie there thinking sex work
While my face sunburns

Sept 11 - Victoria Council Write A Strong Letter Against Bill C36, And I Feel Hope Again

It's a good council
That fights for equality
Sex workers take heart

Sept 10 - We Walk Into A Wholesale Floral Shop Only To Discover That The Two-Year-Old In Our Group Is Bedazzled

A thousand flowers
Who wouldn't want to touch them?
Koen can't resist

Sept 9 - Our High-Octane Friend Explains What It Feels Like To Be Her At A Time Like This

The runway's jam-packed
Airplanes idle everywhere
Waiting to take off

Sept 8 - My First Day Filling In At PEERS And Already I'm Flustered

A thousand questions
I duck, but can't run; I'm here
And this is the job

Sept 7 - Grandmother Throws Granddaughter An Old-Fashioned Bridal Shower

Happy marriage, Chelle
We bring her gifts and advice
And serve sandwich loaf

Sept 6 - Two Days Of Painting A Bedroom Turns My Mind To Whether A Hybrid Oil-Water Paint Could Ever Be Very Good

Sure, the colour's nice
But man, it's hard to work with
Why's it so streaky?

Sept 5 - A Grand Ride From Sidney And Back, With A Lot Of Room Painting In Between

Sometimes when I bike
My legs don't belong to me
They move, I relax

Sept 4 - That Old September/October Panic Returns To Haunt Me, Making It That Much More Urgent To Book It For The Tropics

I know this feeling:
It's fall, and I'm overwhelmed
Must leave Canada

Sept 3 - Mostly I Love Cycling, But A Death At McTavish Interchange Shakes Me Up

A cyclist has died
I ride with renewed caution
The fine line so close

Sept 2 - How Quickly All Memories Of A Hot, Sunny Summer Can Be Erased

It rains and thunders
A good day to get work done
Happy birthday, Dad

Sept 1 - I Wouldn't Call This My First Cycle Of The Fall, But The Nip's Definitely On

As always, I'm lost
A missed turn off Madrona
Spins me to the south

Aug 31 - Reflections On A Visit To Saanich Fair

Sometimes old rock bands
Would be wise to leave things lie
And be gone, gone, gone