At the end of this month, the year comes to its conclusion. It's often one of the best moments to look back and think about how your year was spent and what direction it took. A lot has changed from my initial months in GF town to the present.

I remember my first visit to the Town Hall. I was nervous because I didn't know what and who to expect or if they're going to be friendly/chatty. I couldn't sleep that night (still happens to me frequently). So I went and found people...

Che is the one I'm closest with and the person in town who I've known the longest. She's a keeper of my darkest secrets. I know they're safe, not because I have her secrets in return, haha, but she's really someone trustworthy. She introduced me to this community and when she's not around, like the weekends, it's not the same for me. If you want to annoy her, all...

Happy Halloween!

Today, some of us have swapped "looks" for the weekend. I have come to associate faces with certain behaviors and styles. So whenever I see a discrepancy because of the switch, it gets me confused for a while. Several of us are dressing up differently on purpose, putting on costumes as part of the Halloween tradition. Costume parties remind me of masquerade balls. What a way to hide behind something, an act. A character in one of the movies I like talked...

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While sorting my mail the other day (the mayor still hasn't approved our bigger mailbox petition), I reread several feedback letters that I received for writing the past GFisms. Here are some of them but the names of the senders have been removed for anonymity. Anyway, you know who you are.


This reminded me that I have already encashed the cheque that was sent to me by one of my readers. He was really generous...