Travelling has always been the best medicine for me. Going away and living out of a bag for a few days or a few months is a great way to focus on the present and enjoy the moment, something I can...
French woman in English Canada.
Looking for comrades to start a revolution.
In the meantime, I write stories, explore cultures and travel. You know, the usual.
Travelling has always been the best medicine for me. Going away and living out of a bag for a few days or a few months is a great way to focus on the present and enjoy the moment, something I can...
Any place in Canada with “park” in the name is typically hundreds of square kilometres of true wilderness. Expect kilometres-long trails, no cellphone network, lakes, waterfalls and fauna you’d...
I was one of these people who used the trendy “stay safe!” email signoff from March to early May. Now, it feels that “stay sane!” should be the new basic social formula.
We’re trying to change the way we interact because someone, somewhere could be sick. But shouldn’t we the way we deal with viruses when someone does get sick?
In 2019, the video game industry brought $4.5 billion to the Canadian economy. Boasting more than 470 games companies and over 20,000 employees, it’s one of the country’s fastest-growing sectors –...
The non-essential businesses shutdown didn’t worry me much at first. But it’s been 11 weeks now in Ontario, and “non-essentials” are becoming damn essential.
At 5 p.m., I was pacing up and down Preston Street, on the lookout for a dark car of a make and model I couldn’t remember but with an easy-to-spot Quebec licence plate
the so-called “new normal” is hard to navigate because there’s the reality—the pandemic—and realities, plural, depending on where we are, who we are, who is in charge and other factors.
For those of you who are unaware, eSports, or electronic sports, is a form of sport competition played via video games. While the idea of video games being considered a popular sport may have seemed...
I’m one of the 11.38 millions of Canadians who are receiving the CERB, a monthly payment of $2,000 for workers who have lost their income due to COVID-19.
Hopes for a quick end to the pandemic have vanished and life in “this is the cheat code to stay alive!” lockdown is starting to morph into “okay, let’s find ways to make this bearable on the longer...
There may be a new normal taking shape for valid public health reasons. Let’s sure make sure it doesn’t include “police state” in the fine print and that freedom and rights aren’t getting killed by...
Ottawa, April 2020 If you’re looking for creative homeschooling ideas, no-flour-no-problem recipes, inspiring insights, indoor activities lists and other trendy pandemic tips, feel free to...
With online games getting popular, there is a surge of people advancing into the space to try their luck in the regime of online sports. For a person who is new in the world of online entertainment...
The TV was switched off... Michel Giannesini, 91 years old, former sound engineer and one of the first people to sell TVs in France left us on April 25, 2020.
American Dollar, U.S.A If you’re someone that is looking to stay ahead of things in life, you may be looking at all of the different types of loans that you want to work with. How can you be sure...
Here is a (subjective) overview of the situation as of April 23 based on the experience of my mom and siblings in Nantes and Paris and on my own experience in Ontario .
Canada; the land of the Great White North is home to some amazing creations, both natural and man-made. Home to just under 38 million people, Canada has much to be proud of and much to offer tourists...
Most of my friends without kids commiserate on being stuck at home with a little one. But if there’s a good age for a first pandemic, well, it’s seven years old.
After my voluntary home quarantine, I discovered that many small businesses had posted a note on their window.
The local illustration of public health measures taken to slow the spread of COVID-19 can be seen in parking lots—they are empty and this is very rare.
Welcome to shopping in the age of the COVID-19 epidemic. Among the many mundane things that no longer feel normal, there’s buying food.
Travel might not be something that’s accessible to you at the moment, but that doesn’t mean that you can’t connect with people all over the world in fun and unique ways. There are so many online...
Before I left Santiago, “normal” was being redefined in the light of the pandemic and I quickly realized I wouldn’t go back to the “normal” life I had left in December.
