I feel like writing something here but I'm afraid it will just be an update on my life at the moment.

Life is totally perfect right now. I am so very happy to be living in Vancouver. It's like all of my fantasies of the perfect life are occurring right now. I live very close to the ocean, like a 15 min walk, so I get to see it everyday if I want, though it is far enough away that I don't take it for granted. The air smells exotic here, full of salt and flowers and earthy heaviness. There are palm trees and big flowering trees that I never knew could grow in Canada. I've never experienced such a mild winter in my life!

I'm loath to label myself but I have become a raw vegan. This doesn't mean that I will never eat dairy or meat or anything cooked again. It means that most of the time I eat a raw vegan organic diet. There so much that could be explained here, but all I want to say is that it's nice to have found something that puts all of my past anxieties about diet and food to rest. I've never felt closer to my body, loving it in a way that has little to do with how it looks, and has everything to do with it being my closest companion for the entirety of my life. One of the easiest ways to experience true love is to stop beating yourself up all of the time.

Umm, I think that's enough of an update for now. Must get to work on this commission.