

Day 30: Post-Capitalism
Rebecca Mead wrote about it in The New Yorker, a deserted London that is, not post-apocalyptic, but post-capitalist. In her description,...


Day 29: Papá
No te imaginas todo lo que ha pasado desde que te fuiste. El fuego de Notre Dame te habrÃa encontrado impotente ante las imágenes de la...


Day 28: Calculated Risks
Last week, provincial governments started to release COVID-19 projections. Some of those were grim, and people wondered why the federal...


Day 27: Defining Events
Growing up, my mother would always talk about the landing of Apollo 11 on the moon. She would recall how everyone gathered close to...


Day 26: Fear
Today, it was the first time I saw my kid's eyes widen with concern. The fear and worry were too obvious to ignore. She needed...


Day 25: Preparation
My first impulse is to write that I don't know how it is to live in other parts of the world. But even I am a bit unsure about what I...


Day 24: Self-isolation
This morning, I had a meeting with an editor who wanted to know a little bit more about my work. It was a pleasant conversation in which...


Day 23: Wine
I rarely drink. I might have a glass of something two or three times a month. In the summer, I might have a beer at the beach. Special...


Day 22: Ghosts
It hit me when I read the essay's title. For a moment, confused thoughts rushed within me like white water: the suicide, the note, her...


Day 21: Feeling Flat
Darcy, the dog, needed a walk. A long one too. Although he has been receiving a lot more attention (now that Tessa and I are both home...