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Monthly Archives: April 2017
She Would Accept a Smile
Walking from A to B and then back to A can give you two different perspectives. All the places that were on the right on the trip out would be on the left for the trip back. You would see … Continue reading
Posted in Aspirations, Reflections, Perfection, help, sadness, smile, Toronto, Yonge and Eglinton
Tagged begging, clothes, female, food, homeless, money, powerless, smile, toys, Yonge and Eglinton
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Just A Kid In A Toy Store
Alternatively, I could have called this finding a passionate salesclerk. My niece’s upcoming birthday afforded me the opportunity to browse the toy store. Yes, I could have bought her clothes, but those years aren’t upon us yet. She is … Continue reading
Posted in Aspirations, Reflections, Perfection, nostalgia, passion, service, shopping, toys
Tagged board games, chemistry set, clerks, help, lego, passion, risk, scrabble, Toys are us
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What Summer Smells Like
One of the things I do moderately well as an ESL teacher is monitor. While the students are talking in groups, or pairs, I can usually pick out their errors over the din of the crowd. It could be grammar … Continue reading
Posted in Aspirations, Reflections, Perfection, cosmetics, ESL, students, teaching
Tagged baking, Marcel Proust, odor, Remembrance of Things past, sanitizer, smell, students, summer
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On Phonebooks
While rummaging around, looking for things to purge, I came across an old personal phone book. I don’t know where I purchased it, because dollar stores didn’t exist back in those days. It could have been some other discount chain, … Continue reading
Out for a Walk
It’s such a beautiful day out, I heard many people exclaim. Then everyone of them got in their car and drove somewhere. Before you run away from this post, this isn’t going to be ranty. People have places to go … Continue reading
Posted in Aspirations, Reflections, Perfection, beauty, library, nature, walking
Tagged Aurora, beautiful day, bridge, library, park, path, trail, walking
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Unexpected Redemption
On this rain soaked, missed bus, unmotivated student kind of day the need for a Perfect Moment is keenly apparent. The whole purpose of the Perfect Moment is to rescue this rather blah day from itself. On the other hand, … Continue reading
Posted in Aspirations, Reflections, Perfection, bus, business, commuting, ESL, food, pizza, weather
Tagged ESL teacher, luck, meetings, pizza, rain, terrible day, unmotivated students
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Perfect Saturday
My sister, perhaps jokingly, perhaps not, remarked that my blog about Perfect Moments has seemed to have veered from its initial premise. I am perhaps over articulating her words. “Your blog hasn’t been about Perfect Moments lately,” is what I … Continue reading
Appreciation for Bloggers and Readers
There was a real danger of there being no perfect moment today. It wasn’t the worst day of my life, or even the worst day this year. Nevertheless, it did have its low points; a drunk on the bus was … Continue reading →