The Commonplace for Uncommon People

  • Refraction Reflection

    Refraction Reflection

    Being on a journey is our constant in life, even though those words seem to contradict the idea. A journey…

  • Entering a Hallowe’en State of Mind

    Entering a Hallowe’en State of Mind

    Illustration generated with ChatGPT Ghosts and goblins and things that go bump in the night are popping up everywhere. Netflix…

  • October

    October

    Beauséjour, MB – Alexandra Lucas Autumn is always an exciting time of year for me. When we were kids, September…

  • Grace’s Birthday

    Grace’s Birthday

    September 27th was my mother’s birthday. It was her sixth in this photo and she is standing in front of…

  • To Forgive, Sublime

    To Forgive, Sublime

    Did I say step two would be obvious? What I thought would be step one simply didn’t happen. It turns…

  • To Air is Human

    To Air is Human

    When I had my first apartment decades ago, the fridge had chocolate milk and the cupboard had a box of…

  • One Small Step

    One Small Step

    Depending on what lies across it, a threshold can bring feelings of exhilaration or terror.