This blog was meant to be exploring transitions, but with only a couple of months to go before I start at UBC, I find myself drawn back to literature. I’ve been having dreams in the last month about my past: about teaching, about writing, chairing sessions, and publishing. And, as happens once in a while, I’ve discovered a stunningly good author: one of those authors who startle you, deeply move

One of the things I’ve been doing in the time before I start my Masters’ in September is taking a language class. We’re going to Japan for a walking holiday in less than a month, and we have time on our hands that we didn’t have when working. So each week we head over to the Community Centre. There are five of us in the class: the two of us, two Canadian men with