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Meet Heloise

How I met Heloise (and wanted to be just like her)

February 25, 2011by phillegitimate 1 Comment

In Canada over Christmas, I was dumbstruck by all the glorious English-language publications around me. I flipped through them, reading all the ‘best albums of 2010′ lists while sipping on […]

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Cryptic Edmonton warning sign; if only I'd taken note.

On how I am an awesome traveller

January 1, 2011by phillegitimate 9 Comments

I hate organising trips. I’m a worrier and an over-analyser; I spend all my time picking over minute details, checking and re-checking every trivial detail. It should be getting easier […]

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Canada
Family Turcotte yard. No donairs here.

All I want for Christmas is a donair

December 27, 2010by phillegitimate 4 Comments

I flew to Canada and had no idea what I was in for. Usually I’d do some research and feel far better informed than everyone else on the plane. In […]

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Canada

If it can work for Malcolm Lowry…

December 21, 2010by phillegitimate 1 Comment

Malcolm Lowry was at his most productive in Canada. Although it is set in Mexico, Under the Volcano became a masterpiece only when Lowry got to grips with the story while […]

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