Dopamine Time

It was a spur of the moment thing, and she was excited to have me. She was an old friend, a successful writer, and lived on a farm north of Kingston. The conversation was animated, remembering times past.

“You were always someone I knew I could turn to.”

“Really?”

“You looked out for me.”

Dopamine was a go-to topic. “Gotta get our shot of dopamine. That’s what it’s all about.”

“Swipe left, swipe left!”

“That’s what we do.”

I drove across the bridge later that day and thought about how we only spend time with one another to be disappointed. That is what we do. That’s what she would have said too.

Looking For a Place to Happen with Gord Downie

There’s been much written about Gord Downie as of late, too much to process, moments paraded like possessions. We were there. Yes, we were.20140504_231609But as intense and real as so much of this seems, it’s more a madness, everyone searching, clicking and posting…for what? Looking for a place to happen?

Monday, August 22 @ 10 am:

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Monday, August 22 @ noon:

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Monday, August 22 @ 3 pm:

P1010577Just like that, from being with Mars to being replaced by a fish story. Isn’t anything supposed to stay? Or does it all have to go away?FinalHip (18)