Author Archives: Alyx Dellamonica

About Alyx Dellamonica

Alyx Dellamonica lives in Toronto, Ontario, with their wife, author Kelly Robson. They write fiction, poetry, and sometimes plays, both as A.M. Dellamonica and L.X. Beckett. A long-time creative writing teacher and coach, they now work at the UofT writing science articles and other content for the Department of Chemistry. They identify as queer, nonbinary, autistic, Nerdfighter, and BTS Army.

Toronto, day 138 – Macaron Madness

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photo by Kelly Robson

photo by Kelly Robson

A new bakery has opened in the neighborhood, by which I mean across the street.”https://www.facebook.com/Delysees”>Delysees is its name, and they have lovely-looking light french breads and wee little $4 sandwiches.

I have been questing after a Toronto macaron as good as the ones at The Bel Cafe in Vancouver, with no joy yet. They’re either too sugary or too stale-chewy or the flavor isn’t subtle enough. But Delysees has a promising entry in the dark chocolate category, velvety and rich, and not overly sweet. I have only failed to award the trophy because they don’t yet have a proper cooler for the things, so the meringue wasn’t crunchy on their opening day. And I’ve only tried the one flavor.

Normal’s overrated on the #BuffyRewatch @tordotcom

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slayerI have reached “Normal Again” as I make my way through Season 6. I have to say, it’s really quite a bit more upbeat than I remembered, if only because the previous episodes are such incredible downers.

Enjoy!

Toronto, Day 133

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It has been a balmy week and the leaves are just starting to turn. I made it out to the Evergreen Brickworks to take photos, and found it very beautiful indeed. I’m in the quiet space between UCLA classes–Novel Writing One starts in another week–and so today I might do a little more wandering and photo-snapping.

The courtyard in our building is nearing completion. The water feature is running and has gorgeous blue lights, and they’ve brought in some lounge furniture. The TV screen above the fireplace is still getting work. All of this was meant to be done in the spring so the building folks could project silent films in the yard while all we inhabitants socialized. There might be a bit of that, still, before winter comes. If nothing else, it’ll be nice not to have the noise of a construction crew under my window all day while I’m working.

Lights in the water feature

Telewitterings: Hurrah, New Jossness!

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imageAgents of S.H.I.E.L.D. was charming. I don’t love any of the new-to-me characters yet. I’d have much preferred J. August Richards for the Riker character. (By whom I mean Agent Ward, a.k.a. “The Poop.)

The story was just so-so, I thought, but the geeks show some promise and I did really like the pilot, Melinda May. And of course it was delightful to see Phil Coulson being a) not dead and b) perky about it.