The COVID-19 pandemic has relegated most people to their homes. In many countries, people are burrowed deep in their nests. The streets are desolate, the parks empty. There are countless others who have no roof over their heads and must seek precarious shelter. For them, the risk of contagion is heightened, if not imminent. Solitude: an invitation to spaciousness […]
Solitude, Part One: Living Well Alone Read More »
I’ve always been intriqued by the mysterious workings of viruses and bacteria, those invisible microbes that number in the trillions which live on and inside our bodies. The microbiome in the digestive tract consists of billions of bacteria — in some cases, the number of bacteria outnumber the human cells that compose my organs. Their astronomical numbers
Consanguinity, Part One: Blood Relations Read More »
This morning I stepped onto the street and was caught by a peculiar silence rarely heard in Vancouver. Broadway was bare. The traffic lights signalled to empty space. The city appeared a ghost town, only its shell remained. The protagonist in Daniel Dafoe’s Journal of the Plague Year, relayed his experience of a contagion that devasted London in 1665. He noticed
March 2020, Silent Spring. . . Read More »
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