In 2018, I slept better. All the way to the 365th night. It was a good, long sleep last night. Even the midnight celebrations in the neighbourhood failed to break it. For the rest, as usual, it seems to be a mixed bag of spectacular failures and successes. This is how it seems to always … Continue reading Roundup 2018
In a way all the years have the same course, from hopeful beginning, onto slow middle and tapering off with tiresome but content or at times relieving sense of having lived through another year. Yet, one reflects. Sometimes it is a list of things done or accomplished. Sometimes it is a list of experiences and … Continue reading Roundup 2017
At the end of 2015, I wrote about the unusual solitude I experienced that year. The Walden Pond spirit of that year dissipated in the activity of work, school, university and travel with 2016's - the year soon filled with people, places and activities. It feels remarkable how one set of days can be very different from another … Continue reading Roundup 2016
In what appears to have become customary here on Contested Realities, the annual roundup post follows. The new year's eve post I realize is a good opportunity to take a moment and look back at the days spent in the rush of daily living. As I begin writing this one for 2015, I re-read the roundup … Continue reading Roundup 2015
This month as every year I do the mental thumbing through of the twelve '30 day sets' which I always feel have zipped past. The same "wait! wtf!" and "hold on... I don't even remember" ensues. This too has become ritualistic. And after a little more wallowing in the waters coloured with events, memories and … Continue reading Taking Stock – 2012
