I had my first Thanksgiving in five years last weekend, going back down to the United States to celebrate with Nikki's family. It was delightful, homey, and regular. It felt good to be a part of something regularly occuring. Canadian Thanksgiving is in October, and I've missed it the last five years being in Germany, America, Asia and elsewhere. ( Read more... )

Christmas morning in my city is perfect this year. A fresh blanket of snow covers the pines in my back yard, Nikki is asleep in bed and hasn't woken up yet, and my cat is sitting on my lap purring contentedly as the aroma of coffee fills the kitchen...

Merry Christmas or "holiday-of-choice" to everyone reading, you guys are the best. :)

Shortly after Nikki and I became close, I wrote a letter for her after she visited me in my city for the first time. The letter was meant to show her, in my own curious, unorthodox way how much I missed her and how empty life seemed when she wasn't near me. I don't know why, but I never sent it, and only today did I recall its existence. She'll ( Read more... )

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It's a beautiful fall morning... Slightly overcast, the coffee is nearly ready to press in the bodum, and filling my house with the aroma of wakefulness. I've got www.waiterrant.net's new book, a hockey game later today, and a big ball of cat on my lap. The ( Read more... )

My cat was so happy to see me when I got home last night, he peed on a wall.

Cute, but, man... Really?