Leaving on a Jet Plane

I’m leaving Toronto tomorrow. I’ll be spending the next month in Vancouver, with my whole extended family. It’s been a good two months. My garden is coming along nicely, particularly the lettuce, tomatoes and cilantro. My drumming and humous-making skills have both improved substantially, thanks to Suleiman at the Arabesque Academy and Nadav’s influence, respectively. I’ve seen a lot of soccer, in Angolan, Brazilian and Ghanaian bars, and on TV in Spanish, Portuguese and Italian. I’ve read a lot of novels, and seen two very good plays, staged in a park and the back patio of a coffee shop. I’ve been keeping my distance from academia, interacting with it only through my jobs at Robarts Library and U of T Convocation. For now, I’m looking forward to getting out of the smoggy city, although I’m a little worried for the fate of my plants. I hope the neighbours take good care of them.