stories

  • First Job

    In the late 90s, at a time when the minimum wage here was just over $7 per hour, I spent 7 hours at a local berry farm picking raspberries. This farm made berry wines and since I wanted a job that would ensure I wasn’t face to face with people…

  • Abroad

    It was my mom’s birthday, the 31st of July, in the year 2000. I got on a plane and arrived on the other side of the globe, in the Netherlands. This is where I would spend my next year. I had graduated from high school in June and this was…

  • Transported

    I opened the tube of toothpaste to squeeze some out onto my toothbrush. For some reason, this particular time, I was transported right back to my grandparents house. Beach Drive, in Victoria. This kind of toothpaste, I have used on occasion as an adult, but it is the toothpaste they…

  • Lemons

    A Belief: A recurring feeling brought on by same or similar events. These form a pattern, and then suddenly you wake up, I guess, and realize – wait a second, this has become a belief. And it keeps happening because at some point, I ‘bought into’ this belief. And until…

  • Real Job

    “What did you go to college for?” Me: “Art.” Laughter. “Well I guess that was beneficial, wasn’t it?” This has been a conversation I have had many times over the years as I don’t work ‘full time’ making art. It does not provide me an income (yet – I will…