Someday Some Morning Sometime

"I was wickedly curious and adventurous, perhaps to a fault. Could dip in and out of an imaginary land, become invisible, learn lessons by observation and the occasional awkward fumble forward. But I also carried the responsibility of changing the world for the better. To challenge the status quo. To spread kindness, especially to those that see themselves as outsiders. Those that feel they don’t belong. The unnoticed. But also continuing to battle the darkness. The shadows. The varieties of melancholy." This is the thirteenth and final episode of SOMEDAY SOME MORNING SOMETIME, in which the listener learns how the author manages to make it through high school and into the real world.

"The international portion of the program meant living for a month with a host family in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, and working some sort of job – whatever job an awkward sixteen-year-old can handle in a culture not their own." This is the twelfth episode of SOMEDAY SOME MORNING SOMETIME, in which the listener learns how the author has solo adventures in foreign lands at the age of sixteen.

"Looking back now, it’s easy to see that the three years of junior high serve as a gateway, or a bridge between childhood and early adulthood. For teenagers, it the midst of it all, it can feel more like no man’s land." This is the eleventh episode of SOMEDAY SOME MORNING SOMETIME, in which the listener learns how the author survived the fetid trenches of junior high.

"Ancient history was beckoning. The echoes of those that lived long ago." This is the tenth episode of SOMEDAY SOME MORNING SOMETIME, in which the listener learns how the author is dragged across the steaming jungle.

"I did try my best to learn Mandarin Chinese. To get the pronunciation correct. Write the characters with both pencil and calligraphy brush. But it was a struggle. Progress was slow." This is the ninth episode of SOMEDAY SOME MORNING SOMETIME, in which the listener learns how the author deals with language learning in junior high.

"My father would receive letters in the mail by former students, thanking him for being a shining light in an otherwise grey existence of formal education. Teaching them about critical thinking and that life should celebrate the simple moments." This is the eighth episode of SOMEDAY SOME MORNING SOMETIME, in which the listener learns how the author became both a teacher and writer.

"It was around the age of eleven when I understood that I was no longer a child. That the days of mud pies and swing sets, and grownups enticing me with blueberry muffins were slowly coming to an end." This is the seventh episode of SOMEDAY SOME MORNING SOMETIME, in which the listener learns of how the author feels the need to fit in as high school looms on the horizon.

"There were some boys eager to fill their sash with various merit badges. I clearly wasn’t one of them, only being awarded for things I was already taking part in. Music lessons, for instance. Or rhythmic breathing." This is the sixth episode of SOMEDAY SOME MORNING SOMETIME, in which the listener learns of how the author embraced adventure in the Boy Scouts.

"Rather than worry about it, or have some sort of existential crisis, I had a glorious epiphany. I was an unknown entity. A ghost operating in the shadows. Slipping between realms unnoticed." This is the fifth episode of SOMEDAY SOME MORNING SOMETIME, in which the listener learns of how the author discovers his ability to disappear.

"As I stood there, facing the house, and a soft breeze wove through the neighbourhood, it occurred to me that there might be a more efficient way to get the job done. And it didn’t take long, as the sun warmed my shoulders, before I had my little eureka moment." This is the fourth episode of SOMEDAY SOME MORNING SOMETIME, in which the listener learns of how the author nearly killed his brother with a car tire.

"Sometimes I’d barrel down the hill on my bike, launching myself from tree roots, catching air and feeling the rush of adrenaline. Pretending I was on the back of a luck dragon, unfailing in its serendipity." This is the third episode of SOMEDAY SOME MORNING SOMETIME, in which the listener learns of how the author slipped away into the woodlands to have adventures.

"And so, by the age of four, I was aware of a few things. I knew there was a secret place, fuelled by my imagination at the end of my backyard. I knew that blueberry muffins were delicious, but they were no match for the bush. And I knew there were adventures to be had beyond my comfort zone." This is the second episode of SOMEDAY SOME MORNING SOMETIME, in which the listener learns of how the author sees the world as a wee youngster.

"Both my parents signed on the dotted line and packed their things for an anthropological adventure far from home." This is the first episode of SOMEDAY SOME MORNING SOMETIME, in which the listener learns of how the author came to be on this pale blue dot.