Tag Archives: antoine de saint-exupery
if you tame me
“Um, I can’t really breathe.” In my mind, this should elicit some degree of alarm – but apparently, not in a dress store. “Just try it,” orders the stylist calmly as she fastens an increasingly stiff and tight corset around my waist. I’m standing in front of a floor-length mirror wearing a lacy white gown […]
pax
A few weeks ago, I had some watercolour art tattooed onto my right arm. This is why. The last time I thought about ink, I was still finishing school in Toronto and the idea of going to Cornell scared me. I didn’t know how to do a physical exam on a dog, much less a cat […]
a sensible man
Somehow it is nearly American Thanksgiving, there is talk of snow in Ithaca this weekend, and I will be taking my North American veterinary licensing exam in less than a month. This fall has slipped away at an alarming rate, even after having spent half of it on the other side of the world. (More thoughts on […]
fearfully and wonderfully made 