Even after evolving in the acceptance and appreciation of my name, I still found the rather pious reasoning behind it to be kind of cringy, not something you could explain as easily as, “Oh, I was named after my Great Aunt, or oh she was my Dad’s favorite teacher. Truth be told,...
Many summers ago, when I was a child in Alaska, my parents, my sister, and I collected pails of high-bush blueberries from first the slope of a mountain and then later the valley close by. We hiked into the hills near Anchorage and plucked the jewels that clung near tiny leaves, handf...
So, extend this to someone who doesn’t have enough food on a regular basis. In my neighbourhood, which is poor, corner stores sell Ensure and Boost individually for about $2, right up in a big display near the counter. You find empty bottles of the stuff laying around on the sidewalk...