grief and gratitude

10 am Sunday January 26, 2020. A helicopter crashes in Calabassas, California. I am in Toronto stuffing five dollar bills into red envelopes. I double check my head count, there was a pregnancy announcement at the last family gathering, wait that was in November, my numbers are good. The family Read more

By kei huie, ago

no hurry, no worry

I’m always worried.  I worry about all sorts of things from personal finances to the global economic crisis; from my health to the impending doom of the planet’s destruction.  I’m trying to cure myself of this habit but I’m genetically inclined.  My mother was a worrier and her mother before Read more

By justk, ago

GONG HAY FAT CHOY!

Today is the first day of the Lunar New Year – Year of the Dragon. I am one quarter Chinese, probably more than half black but there’s a world of bloodlines in my family – including Scottish, Portuguese and Jewish, so all the measurements are suspect.  It’s always been easiest Read more

By justk, ago