Crossed My Mind

Short Story Review for THE YELLOW by Samantha Hunt Samantha Hunt is a writer and artist. According to Random House Australia, Hunt has just won the new “5 under 35” award from the 2006 National Book Awards. She has been published in The New Yorker and McSweeney’s among others, been featured on “This American Life” and has had her short fiction nominated for a Pushcart Prize and included in the anthology “This is Not ...

Audrhea Lande, Winnipeg author of Annie’s Bright Idea, is a former teacher and principal with a knack for writing. About five years ago Lande started to write a story that her mother used to tell her and her siblings when they were young. At the time, she didn’t know it, but the story that her mother told her had been a true one. The back cover of the book describes it as "a true Christmastime adventure. ...

I have sent out Christmas cards for eleven years but that ends now.  What crossed my mind when I decided to not send Christmas cards anymore.  1) Are my family and friends who have been receiving cards from me for eleven years think that this is my attempt at being a Scrooge?2) I shouldn't worry about it. Maybe I'll just have some egg nog.3) Mariah Carey might consider stop singing Christmas carols. 4) ...

1. This gown isn't exactly flattering. 2. After not being able to eat for a day my roommate gets beef barley soup? Come on. 3. At least my roommate says funny things when asked to lay down. Things like, "what do I look like, some kind of whore? 4. All I want is a burger and all I get is water. 5. At least I am by a window. Oh wait, that's a view of another building. Sup ...

I blog to you mildly outraged at the service of Winnipeg's bus rapid transit. I know, join the club. But hear me out. I take a 65 at 8:05 to school which usually stops at the doors of Red River College; today the bus stopped two blocks before the school where I was informed that it was the last stop. I wouldn't usually complain about walking the two extra blocks to school, except I have a broken ankle and am on crutches, which makes it extremely difficult to get around anywhere. As I waited for my walk sign, the bus took off with it's Not In Service sign on. I witnessed the bus roll in front of the school and stop for a red light. The bus stopped right in front of the stop that I would normally ...