The first day of autumn has passed. Light and dark equalized... and now the nights will get gradually longer into winter.

Here I am beginning a web log. About a life barely lived, half lived... more than half over.

Here is my first list - Who am I?

• woman, lesbian, Canadian
• public servant, civil servant, federal government employee
• public educator, activist [not so active anymore], feminist
• only child, adopted, bastard, orphan
• singer, reader, writer
• artist, collector, imagineer

What do I enjoy?

• music that moves me - Neko Case, Mogwai, Bruce Cockburn, Eliza Gilkyson. Vivaldi...
• dark chocolate
• movies that make me laugh - Domino, Strictly Ballroom, Bull Durham,
• TV that makes me understand another point of view - Law & Order, CSI,
• conversational intercourse - going deeply into a subject and getting intimately familiar
• mysteries - Ian Rankin, Sara Paretsky, Peter Robinson, Julie Smith,
• feeling like I am making a contribution...

What turns me off?

• boredom