hello Monday! (hello, everyone!) Meredith here. I’m still in Halifax, fortifying my friendship-coffers with many many visits and general catch-up sessions with all kinds of great people. Today I’m at a Halifax coffee shop called Java Blend, where it seems…

hi all- Sorry for the radio-silence. I’m in Halifax at the moment (my annual trip!) visiting old friends and frequenting once-familiar haunts. Hilariously, I was so swept up in visiting that I COMPLETELY FORGOT all about my Kingston-related responsibilities. Monday…

hi all – Meredith here again. Another week’s gone by — can you believe it’s already mid-August! Here in Kingston (a city with a high population turn-over thanks to the student population) things are most definitely in flux. Last night…

hi all- Meredith here again. Well, it’s a sunny Friday here in Kingston. I had lofty plans to get myself to the library for a good, sustained chunk of writing today, but the day hasn’t unfolded in quite that way.…

hi all- Meredith here (again!) – I hope you are all feeling refreshed after the weekend. I had a nice time. On Friday evening I went to my very first drive-in movie. Growing up in downtown Toronto, we didn’t often…

hi again – Meredith here. Did you get that? I LOVE SUMMER. I really can’t get enough of it. I love breathing in warm summer air (especially because I’m not in a big smoggy city) scented with flowers. I love…

Hi again – Meredith here. So, word is that today is a holiday. Well, I have to say: you wouldn’t know it from the scene here at a downtown coffee shop. I recognize more than a few grad students diligently…