Cursive Mechanics » writing

Makeover

Jodi — Mon, 08 Feb 2010 18:29:00 +0000

Derelict shed in alleyway behind Brooklyn Avenue, Leslieville

It was time for a new look.

Cursive Mechanics will be four years old later this year, and it was beginning to show its age. It wasn’t a derelict space…

The (Food) Writing Life

Jodi — Thu, 30 Jul 2009 14:45:41 +0000

Detail of sandwich board at Lil’ Baci restaurant, Leslieville

Food writing! It only took me 36 years to figure this one out.

When I answered a “food writers wanted” post a few weeks ago, put out…

A Day to Celebrate

Jodi — Tue, 12 Aug 2008 03:06:41 +0000

“All U Can Eat” photograph, Nuit Blanche 2007

Today is this blog’s anniversary and I’m going to level with you: the second year of blogging has been a tough one. Cursive Mechanics has just gone through the Terrible…

Camping by Proxy

Jodi — Fri, 10 Aug 2007 03:50:22 +0000

Reeds, High Park

By the time mid-September rolls around, Michael and I will have gone three summers without camping. When we lived in Montréal, where back-country canoeing was a scant two hours away and all parks operated on…

"What Comes Next?"

Jodi — Fri, 22 Jun 2007 03:55:58 +0000

Rouge Hill GO train platform sign swathed in morning haze

Dear Journal,

I have a confession to make: I’m having a hard time adjusting to a writing life without Lake Watch. You know better than anyone…

A Sense of Snow

Jodi — Tue, 27 Feb 2007 03:55:05 +0000

Snow day in Riverdale Park

I went for a walk in the snow after work today. All day I had watched it fall from the sky, steadily and heavily, undeterred. As I cut a new path through Riverdale…

Sky Watch, by Member 5,608

Jodi — Tue, 03 Oct 2006 01:33:10 +0000

Altocumulus stratiformis undulatus over the Toronto skyline

It arrived! Lunchtime on this work-at-home Monday was permeated with a giddy excitement thanks to delivery of the morning mail. Awaiting me in a small, stiff brown envelope with a London,…

Voce

Jodi — Sun, 01 Oct 2006 15:44:06 +0000

Riverside Books storefront, Queen Street East

Lately, I have been wondering about my voice, my writing voice. Do I have one? If not, do I need one? If I do, what it is like? Do these blog posts…

This Stop: Cursive Mechanics

Jodi — Fri, 11 Aug 2006 13:58:59 +0000

Dream Site Sign, High Park

Cursive Mechanics was born in the parking lot of the Port Credit GO Station.

The desire to work creatively in a medium completely unrelated to my career as a development editor at an…