Significant palindromic events
Susan L. Goldberg
by Susan Goldberg
2y ago
I last blogged in 2018. Seems about right. Here's one thing that's happened in the last four years: I published an essay over at HerStories, part of an anthology on female friendship at midlife. It's a meditation on my decades-long obsession with palindromes, as applied to one of my dearest (and currently perhaps most fragile — or most robust, depending on how you see these things) friendships. I hope you enjoy it. See you in another three or four years. I wonder what will happen in the meantime ..read more
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Twist of Faith: or, What a nice Jewish boy is doing in a place like this
Susan L. Goldberg
by Susan Goldberg
3y ago
My profile of gender reassignment surgeon — and Orthodox Jew  Dr. Yonah Krakowsky, in Toronto Life Magazine Hey! I’m excited to let you know that my profile of gender- reassignment surgeon Dr. Yonah Krakowsky has been published in the current issue of Toronto Life Magazine. I’ve known Yonah’s mom for years, first as a client and now as a friend, and she’s one of my favourite people in the world. I’m always struck by her warmth, openness, and curiosity, and the way the she lives out her faith as an Orthodox Jewish woman with an immense spirit of generosity, integrity and accepta ..read more
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Killing the darlings
Susan L. Goldberg
by Susan Goldberg
3y ago
I wrote a short story a few years ago, the first short story I had written in ages. I was quietly and fiercely proud of it, and of me: I felt like I had pulled this one off. My story, I thought, was a quirky, observant, vulnerable piece. The protagonist shifted from beginning to end. It involved recreational soccer, regulation hotel rooms and thigh-high black leather boots. I brought it to my writing group, edited it in response to some of their feedback, and then began submitting it to magazines and literary journals. My story was rejected, over and over. The magazines and literary journals ..read more
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Cat funerals, separation & new traditions
Susan L. Goldberg
by Susan Goldberg
3y ago
We wrapped the cat’s body in a satin-lined baby blanket, and we buried her on the other side of the rhododendron bush. By “the other side,” of course, I mean the side of the rhododendron bush that wasn’t already occupied by a dead cat, wrapped and buried in a satin-lined baby blanket. It’s been a rough couple of years for cats at this house. My latest CBC post, on what it means to bury the family pet when your family has changed ..read more
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A pox on lootbags. And magic. And Christmas, apparently.
Susan L. Goldberg
by Susan Goldberg
3y ago
This. Hey — I do still exist. I do, still, even write. Just not here, all that much, lately. But! It’s 2018, and I’m going to make more of an effort to publicize the things I do write when I’m not writing here. I’ve been blogging for the CBC’s Parenting pages of late, where some folks seem think I’m against Christmas. And magic. You can read the comments. This week, though, I’m unabashedly against lootbags. Especially the ones with the unsharpened pencils. Have a look, and maybe I’ll pop up again here sooner rather than, say, eight months from now.  ..read more
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Valentines in March
Susan L. Goldberg
by Susan Goldberg
3y ago
A month passed! I thought I would update y’all on my “Chain of Hearts” writing project. I am proud to announce that, in March, I made pretty good progress on my goal (of writing every workday for at least half an hour). There was March break, which accounts for some (completely legit) gaps midmonth. There was March 22, where I’m pretty sure I wrote but forgot to give myself a heart OH WELL. And then as for the 30th and 31st, I just kind of forgot and then had kind of a beyond overwhelming Friday and … no. So: two, possibly three, workdays where I didn’t write. But: 16 (maybe 17) work days PLU ..read more
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Don't break the chain
Susan L. Goldberg
by Susan Goldberg
3y ago
Have you heard of Jerry Seinfeld’s life hack for writing? The idea is that you get out a paper calendar and a big red marker, and you put an X through each day that you write (or exercise, or refrain from drinking, or clean the cat boxes, or meditate – whatever floats your boat). The idea is simple: don’t break the chain. Regular, incremental effort will lead to real outcomes. I have written every workday since February 8. By written, I mean not simply personal journalling (that habit is firmly established), and not work for clients, but my own stuff. And, for each day of writing, I have give ..read more
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Making breakfast easier
Susan L. Goldberg
by Susan Goldberg
3y ago
Please support the Grocery Foundation’s #Toonies4Tummies campaign Eggs over easy are trending around here at the moment. They’re Isaac’s current go-to breakfast. In a delightful development, he has begun taking on more and more responsibility when it comes making his own breakfast and school lunch. Many mornings, I’ll straggle downstairs a bit behind him to find the kettle boiled and tea steeping (and then I have to remember to ask whether he used the caffeinated or decaf tea; I’ve learned that lesson the hard, fumbling, sleepy way), and butter melting in a frying pan. He’s forgiving of both ..read more
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11 ways to visit the United States right now
Susan L. Goldberg
by Susan Goldberg
3y ago
I got home yesterday evening from visiting my dad and stepmother in Florida, where they’re spending the winter. I was conflicted about the trip, which I booked post the election of He Who Shall Not Be Named, but before his travel ban on people from predominantly Muslim countries. I debated cancelling, but in the end, I went, for a host of reasons that have to do with things like family and the majority of voters in the states who did not vote Republican and my sense that it might be important or at least useful (or is that useful but at least important?) to support progressive, inclusive, Ame ..read more
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What can I make? What can I give away?
Susan L. Goldberg
by Susan Goldberg
3y ago
Gone, making someone else happy. You know how everyone keeps saying that they won’t be one bit sad to say goodbye to 2016? I agree completely – except that I can’t say that I’m all that confident that 2017 is going to be much better. There. I said it. Might as well get the negativity and pessimism out of the way first. The past year undoubtably held many lovely moments, triumphs small and large. Hell, I can even think of some of them right now. I got kittens (a mixed blessing). I renovated the bathroom. I bought, and hung, new art. I joined a choir. I went to Saskatoon. I wrote some things (a ..read more
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