Author Archives: cheesefairy

It Rained Today so I Had Time To Write This

Posted on 8/22/2011 by cheesefairy

We had corn on the cob at supper the other night and as I scraped some off for Fresco to try (he did not try it) I remembered last summer, when I couldn’t scrape the corn off my cob fast … Continue reading →

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Several Ways of Seeing The Guitar Player

Posted on 8/16/2011 by cheesefairy

It must have been the first summer we lived here, all hot and damp, keeping our curtains and doors closed so that we could stare at our infant until he made sense. Oh, how we sweated, all of us. I … Continue reading →

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Near Death, Always

Posted on 8/11/2011 by cheesefairy

I was out for a run the other day. As I came up a hill and it felt like my heart was going to pound out of my ribcage, I thought, “What if I dropped dead here.” I don’t carry … Continue reading →

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Honk If —

Posted on 8/5/2011 by cheesefairy

My parents’ neighbourhood in North Burnaby is plagued by intersections controlled by four-way stops. Four way stops are hard, I guess, because almost every time I drive to their house, I end up having a conversation with the other drivers … Continue reading →

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I Have Seen the Gates of Hell

Posted on 8/1/2011 by cheesefairy

Yesterday, Trombone and I attended a birthday party at Chuck E. Cheese. I wish to insert here that the birthday party was fun and I appreciate the invitation / pizza / cake / goody bag. I paid nothing for the … Continue reading →

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