spring 2016
Table of Contents
Return to Home PageYear In Review Starling Advice Amie Whittemore
Unavailable On Buying a Second Pair of Birkenstocks Pamela Mosher
There's So Much to Tell You On Some Good Days Alison Braid
I Saw the Best Minds of My Generation Christopher Evans
air mattress the clinic printed off a calendar B.J. Best
A conversation with a massage therapist Francine Cunningham
All Bones Hunger a Home Algonquin Ashley-Elizabeth Best
Ottawa Hospital: Eating Disorder Ward Fan Palms Mallory Tater
Unavailable
Best to keep them wondering
where you’ve gone.
Create an auto-reply but remain cryptic.
You are away from your desk.
You may not have access to the Internet.
You may not respond to questions.
Suggest that anyone trying to contact you
would be better off contacting someone else;
probably best to suggest management, or an executive,
though the temptation to recommend, instead, pinot noir
and a good book
may be strong. You are away.
Whether bed-ridden
or beach-lounging, no need to specify.
The e-mail will pile up. The voicemail will net all calls.
You are absent.
You may return soon.