9 weeks in
It’s week nine, I think, of home-bound, world-ending, pandemic times. I've stopped writing. In 2018, I ended my relationship and went to Europe for nine ...
tech support at two
I loved music from an early age, when my parents listened to bootlegged Beatles and Boney M in Romania. There’s a story my dad loves ...
violet and barley
My mom was born in February 1952 in Timisoara Romania. They named her Iboyla (EE-boy-ya). Ibi for short. Which means violet. In that era in ...
everybody hurts
Our first first time back was in June of '93. I was 16 and at the end of grade ten. I don't remember much from ...
out of service
My grandparent’s house is on Strada Galileo Galilei, and the cross street is Emil Zola. I’ve always loved this. I wish streets in Canada were ...
exit music (for a film)
Let’s begin at the beginning, or ending, depending on how you look at it. It’s Sunday December 7th, 1980. We’re in Timisoara, Romania, standing on ...
xmas 1989 firing squad
Thirty years ago this Christmas, Ceaușescu was executed by firing squad after a mass uprising across Romania. It started in Timisoara, the city I’m from, ...