Oct
27
Love Coffee — but not like that
Coffee does much more than get us through the day (or night), but it can't be rushed.
4 min read
Lester Liao
Lester is a physician in Toronto and a co-founder of Common Pursuits. He has written for CBC, National Post, the Globe and Mail, HuffPost, and his daughter's letter collection.
Sep
29
Mulan: Love Across Cultures
Some 20 years after Disney's animated Mulan release, my thoughts on the movie have changed.
9 min read
Sep
15
Learning from Used Books
Used books, like the used and repair economies in general, call into question the value of production for production's sake.
3 min read
Aug
25
Music & Melancholy
Music has a profound ability to shape our experience of the world.
3 min read
Aug
11
Finding Myself in the Stacks
The shaping power of my little library goes beyond the suggestion to bury myself in Dostoevsky. The library is my life history collected across volumes; these are the ideas and stories that have formed me.
3 min read
Jul
30
Buildings, Rooms, and Anton Ego
When you’re largely stuck indoors, even the building next door becomes special. And I see how this house blocks the sun, how it abuts the little walkway between our buildings that makes me feel cramped and unwelcome. No wonder I rarely step through here.
3 min read
Jun
18
Love Takes Time
Relationships are a natural and essential part of being human. Because they happen naturally, it's very easy to take relationships for granted. Our culture of busyness doesn't help.
3 min read