So, I've done the ridiculous and started another blog. No, I'm not going anywhere, and I'm not eliminating Glossographia either (although I have been shamefully remiss in updating it). The Alien Commuter will consist of a series of essays, remarks and ramblings on the theme of the city of Windsor-Detroit and life as a transnational commuter and ( Read more... )

So, yesterday was the one-year anniversary of our closing date (it will never be hard to remember, since our mortgage payments always come out on the 13th) and our leap into homeownership as Windsorites. I have to say that although Windsor has every amenity one might reasonably want, it's not exactly home (any of our friends from Montreal want to ( Read more... )

Right now a lot of things are kind of up in the air here in Windsor. The fiascos relating to the move are finished, and the boxes of stuff are essentially all cleared out or stored away, but I'm still more unsettled than settled here. I'm not getting paid yet, and won't be until my US Social Security is processed, which could be as early as next ( Read more... )

As I am sure that you have all been awaiting the conclusion of the saga, I give you without further delay, the second and final part of The Very Lengthy and Woeful Tale of the Great Westward Move, including Diatribes and Very Naughty Words, in Several Parts for the Edification of our Learned ReadershipFriday: We awoke and after breakfast I decided ( Read more... )

So here we are, a full week after our arrival in Windsor, and although it is much delayed, I now present for your edification, The Very Lengthy and Woeful Tale of the Great Westward Move, including Diatribes and Very Naughty Words, in Several Parts for the Edification of our Learned ReadershipMonday: The movers did not arrive between 1 and 3pm as ( Read more... )

The movers will be showing up at some point in the next hour or so, at which point we will be out of here! We will be out of contact for the next day or so, hopefully not any longer. We'll try to post tomorrow night if we have the internet and the energy. Wish us luck!

Today is T-1 for the big move. Just taking a minute to have a break in the midst of an all-day packing extravaganza. To my right is a wall of 15 2-cubic-foot boxes (we have around 80 in total, I think). Fortunately we seem to have enough boxes and other supplies, and not to have forgotten anything critical. Unfortunately what with all our ( Read more... )

Effective as of today, our closing date, we officially own a house. I don't think I can express quite how relieved I am, and simultaneously terrified. For all my excessive learning, I am still basically a kid at heart: now a kid with mortgage payments ( Read more... )

Arthur is really starting to figure out that we're going far, far away. Maybe he even understands we're leaving forever. This evening after supper, we spent about twenty minutes looking at the big foldout map of Windsor and pointing out the parks and school nearby, where Detroit is (he can now read the words 'Windsor' and 'Detroit', it seems), ( Read more... )

I've been a little down of late, partly just move-related anxiety, partly the stupid humidity and resultant sleeplessness, and partly just the same old thing as before. Anyway, I have put together a soundtrack in honour of our upcoming Big Move (now only a week away, eek!), a set of 16 songs that encapsulate various aspects of the change of ( Read more... )