Head On: Which lane?

After about 5 months of driving in Vancouver on the opposite side of the road to the one I've been driving on for years, my cerebellum is slowly being reprogrammed to understand that the turning signal is now where the windscreen wipers once were (in that 'other' dimension of my life)…

Head On: Rage and rebirth

Rage is not the sweetest of topics, but there may have been a chocolate overload for many this weekend so allow me to elaborate. Being a harmony-loving Libran, rage is probably the least comfortable emotional experience for me.  I'd surmise that it's probably one of the least comfortable emotions for most beings,…

The cold on top of the mountain

There's nothing quite like a cold to bring you back to earth. Yesterday I was standing on the peaks of both Whistler and Blackcomb mountains looking out over the exquisite landscape of mother nature in one of the most picturesque, winter wonderlands on earth (feeling literally on top of the world!),…

Vertigo in Vancouver

Vertigo is the strangest of sensations.  It's almost otherworldly.  I had my first and hopefully last bout of vertigo for a period of around 6 weeks last year after my beloved and I moved to Vancouver from the sunny shores of Australia.  We decided rather hastily on a very cheap,…