Category Archives: Musings

Funny and serious personal essays about the new perspectives that come from considering the wonders of the world and the vagaries of everyday life.

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Posted on 16 September 2023 by Isabel Gibson

Life is not grammar. Or semantics. Continue reading →

Posted in Language and Communication, Laughing Frequently, Wired | Tagged , | 18 Comments

An Approximation? Exactly!

Posted on 14 July 2023 by Isabel Gibson

A reliable memory? Maybe just the approximation of one. Continue reading →

Posted in Laughing Frequently, New Perspectives | Tagged , | 14 Comments

Your Place or Mine?

Posted on 08 July 2023 by Isabel Gibson

Thinking about borders: what they matter to, what they don’t. Continue reading →

Posted in New Perspectives, Thinking Broadly | Tagged , | 4 Comments

An At-home Failure

Posted on 29 June 2023 by Isabel Gibson

What’s changed in the world since the Edmonton Elks last won at home? Not enough. Continue reading →

Posted in Feeling Clearly, New Perspectives | Tagged , , , | 8 Comments

Good Job, Buddy

Posted on 25 June 2023 by Isabel Gibson

She learned something; so did I. Continue reading →

Posted in Appreciating Deeply, Day-to-Day Encounters, Language and Communication | Tagged , | 6 Comments

Who Shops Here, Anyway?

Posted on 24 June 2023 by Isabel Gibson

Why are these stores still here? Continue reading →

Posted in Day-to-Day Encounters, Laughing Frequently, Thinking Broadly | Tagged | 8 Comments

Sum-up Saturday

Posted on 17 June 2023 by Isabel Gibson

Get out that scorecard. Continue reading →

Posted in Appreciating Deeply, Feeling Clearly, Relationships and Behaviour | Tagged , , | 11 Comments

Remember When? No.

Posted on 10 June 2023 by Isabel Gibson

The things we just, you know, know. Who knows how? Continue reading →

Posted in Appreciating Deeply, New Perspectives, Thinking Broadly | Tagged , , | 16 Comments

Say Wut

Posted on 25 May 2023 by Isabel Gibson

A plea for a reinstatement, not a request for a repeat. Continue reading →

Posted in Language and Communication, Laughing Frequently | Tagged , , | 10 Comments