The Virtual Muser

And now the book: Why I May Still Be Canadian

A few months ago, I was approached by a publisher to turn my blog – Why I May Still Be Canadian – into a book (paperback).“Turn a blog into a book?” I asked myself. “Isn’t that going in the opposite direction?”For blogs seem to be almost an antithesis to the printed word. One rests in […]

Canadian Passport Blues Revisited

Canada has recently initiated the “Simplified Renewal Application Process” for a new Canadian passport. Yes, really. Does this mean that we are no longer left with the dreadful anticipation of wading through a complex bureaucratic nightmare at the Canadian consulate in Tel Aviv – a nightmare that I described in graphic detail in my blog […]

You’re so vain, you probably think this blog is about you

People annoy me. What can I say. I don’t even remember when it started. I have a vague memory of the doctor slapping me when I came out of my mother’s womb…Not all people annoy me. Or at least, not all of the people all of the time. “You can be very annoying,” you say.“Yes,” […]

Discussions with a Muse

“She never married, you know.”The room was quiet, darker than usual, the only light coming from the glow of the screen. I stopped writing and squinted into the darkness.“Who?” I asked.“S…  You remember S. Your first love?”I remembered. Some things you can’t forget.“Are we using initials now?”“You never know who’s listening,” she answered.“And I thought […]

The Nothingness of Being

Ronald Green, in his book Nothing Matters, makes a distinction between nothing and nothingness. Nothing, he claims, is the absence of everything, whereas nothingness is the absence of something. An important distinction. But how do we distinguish, then, between something and nothingness?  How much room is there in the human consciousness? For everything added, must […]

Am I an expat, really?

It took me over 35 years of living in Israel before I took on the name of expat. But can I really claim this title after having lived abroad for so many years? If it weren’t for this blog, I probably wouldn’t have adopted this title even now. In my online search for similar ramblings […]

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