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Memories revisited

Holiday stories are nothing if not repetitive. These memories crossed my mind again today so, after double-checking to see that I had covered mostly everything, I’m left only to re-post! From 13 December 2009, I give you Christmas church candles...

Published Sun, Dec 05 2010 7:03 AM by My journey with AIDS...and more!

Filed under: family, youth, autobiography, spirituality, Québec, United Church of Canada, church
Final tributes to Jack Layton in pictures

Click for pictures from Jack Layton’s final journey today from Toronto City Hall, and then Roy Thomson Hall. It was an emotion-packed, life-affirming day. Read More...

Published Sat, Aug 27 2011 3:35 PM by My journey with AIDS...and more!

Filed under: Uncategorized, Jack Layton, NDP, state funeral
Ending the week on a positive note

I checked in with my doctor today to get results from my latest blood tests and the news was all good! CD-4: 310 (up from January) viral load: undetectable Hemoglobin A1c: .063 Weight: 144 lbs. So I’m good again until June, by which time I’ll...

Published Fri, Mar 30 2012 1:38 PM by My journey with AIDS...and more!

Filed under: autobiography, AIDS and HIV, medical update, viral load, CD-4, type-II diabetes
The roof over my head – a touchstone of my gratitude

A brief look at Kengi’s blog reminded me to take stock of how grateful I am to be living where I do, as I do, with rent geared-to-income. This spring marks the beginning of my nineteenth year in this apartment – I’ve had to do a couple rounds of...

Published Sun, Mar 14 2010 11:26 AM by My journey with AIDS

Filed under: autobiography, AIDS and HIV, health-care, mental health, bipolar II
Bottling works and Code Mill from near Haggart Dam

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Published Tue, Oct 22 2013 9:13 PM by My journey with AIDS...and more!

Filed under: Uncategorized
“A Winter Night” by Robert Burns (25 January 1759 – 21 July 1796)

When biting Boreas, fell and doure, Sharp shivers thro’ the leafless bow’r; When Phoebus gies a short-liv’d glow’r, Far south the lift, Dim-dark’ning thro’ the flaky show’r, Or whirling drift: Ae night the storm...

Published Thu, Jan 24 2013 5:33 PM by My journey with AIDS...and more!

Filed under: poetry
The certainty of uncertainty

In my ongoing quest to get to the bottom of my annoyingly reduced sleep, I received the results of a recent MRI of my brain when I visited my family doctor yesterday and the report was clearly not written for me to comprehend. Even my doctor was at a...

Published Fri, Sep 05 2014 8:10 AM by My journey with AIDS...and more!

Filed under: autobiography, health-care, medical update, brain trauma
Letter to The Star Re: When free speech becomes hate crime (Letters, June 23)

From among the throngs walking past, largely ignoring him, a street preacher standing with a mic and an amplifier in front of Old City Hall called me out leaving the opening ceremonies of World Pride taking place at Nathan Phillips Square last Friday...

Published Thu, Jun 26 2014 7:50 PM by My journey with AIDS...and more!

Filed under: Uncategorized, homosexuality, HIV/AIDS, World Pride Toronto 2014, Christianity
Sleep, no longer taken for granted, will soon be improving – hopefully

Early this month I had electrodes taped to my head, neck, chest and legs, then I was wished a good night for a sleep study to see why suddenly, to me at least, I couldn’t get a decent night of shut-eye. The results, which I received on Monday, showed...

Published Fri, Aug 15 2014 12:31 AM by My journey with AIDS...and more!

Filed under: autobiography, health-care, medical update, sleep study, neurologist, sleep disorder, central apnea
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Published Wed, Dec 16 2009 6:31 AM by My journey with AIDS

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The sun shines again on my final day in Montréal

I`ll soon be aboard an evennig train home. Oh, but I love Montréal! Read More...

Published Fri, May 11 2012 11:54 AM by My journey with AIDS...and more!

Filed under: photography, Montréal, travelogue, architecture
There are at least a few, if not many, important people with whom I need to have my own conversation about…

…this! It’s certainly not too early to think about Mental Illness Awareness Week When I read the Ottawa Citizen article (linked above) I immediately thought, “Mom will have read that yesterday,” and what an opening it would give...

Published Tue, Aug 21 2012 1:40 PM by My journey with AIDS...and more!

Filed under: family, autobiography, mental illness, child abuse, AIDS and HIV, mental health, bipolar II, stigma, sexual orientation, public health, homosexuality, blog therapy, sexual abuse, recovery, youth suicide, post-traumatic stress, personal growth, adult survivors
Bursa – and not the city in Turkey!

The ever-increasing pain I have experienced recently now has a name – bursitis. It follows the hip-femur repairs in 2003 and from years of strain on my minimal maximus – gluteus, that is. Yesterday I began physical therapy treatments and learned...

Published Tue, Oct 04 2011 9:15 AM by My journey with AIDS...and more!

Filed under: autobiography, health-care, medical update, bursitis
Early morning, late May

View Full Album Awake uncharacteristically early I ventured out before sunrise to see what the city looks like well before I am usually ever up. The clock flashed 7 00 the moment I got home. Read More...

Published Sat, May 21 2011 9:41 AM by My journey with AIDS...and more!

Filed under: photography, Toronto, architecture
Two Beatles albums (from iTunes!) stir assorted memories

David Letterman, noting Yoko Ono’s 78th birthday last week, joked that she celebrated by breaking up The Jonas Brothers. Back in the twilight of sixties, perhaps early seventies, a much-appreciated Christmas gift (namely for my older brother Craig...

Published Sun, Feb 20 2011 2:00 AM by My journey with AIDS...and more!

Filed under: family, youth, writing, Québec, environment, PTSD (post-traumatic stress disorder), restorative justice, Salaberry-de-Valleyfield QC, 1970s, air piano, Abbey Road album, Ed Sullivan Show, David Letterman, Yoko Ono, about nothing, Let It Be album, The Beatles, Le Fricot, air guitar

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Memories revisited

Final tributes to Jack Layton in pictures

Ending the week on a positive note

The roof over my head – a touchstone of my gratitude

Bottling works and Code Mill from near Haggart Dam

“A Winter Night” by Robert Burns (25 January 1759 – 21 July 1796)

The certainty of uncertainty

Letter to The Star Re: When free speech becomes hate crime (Letters, June 23)

Sleep, no longer taken for granted, will soon be improving – hopefully

The sun shines again on my final day in Montréal

There are at least a few, if not many, important people with whom I need to have my own conversation about…

Bursa – and not the city in Turkey!

Early morning, late May

Two Beatles albums (from iTunes!) stir assorted memories