There I was happily going about my day. Two days earlier, I had finished the first draft of my novel, a process that I’m embarrassed to say, took more than three years. I had written editorials for this newsletter two weeks in advance so that I would never miss an issue again! And I’d even pre-scheduled […]

I’m writing this newsletter issue at 11 in the morning, on a Monday. It was on my to-do list for last week but the list was becoming increasingly long and unwieldy and I just put it off. Yesterday night, however, as I sat down at my desk to plan for the week ahead and felt […]

My cat went missing a day before I arrived in London. The first week I was here, I spent almost all my time putting up posters in the local park, emailing rescue organizations, visiting the local vets and pet shops, and knocking on neighbours’ doors. Not to mention walking down random streets calling out the […]

As of this month, we’re back to being a two-income household and while it’s too late for all my grey hair to turn black again, I am honestly so relieved that we’re no longer exclusively dependent on a freelance income to pay our bills that I could sing. The last few weeks and months, however, […]