Four Questions From Blissdom Canada '11
What is interesting, what in fact a fuels narrative, feeds inspiration, and ultimately holds people and communities together, is not the things we know but rather…
Bullying, Teen Suicide and What We Can Do To Help
At first I couldn't bear the media or to be part of the outcry over Jamey Rodemeyer's suicide, the latest tragedy in a seemingly growing tide of such deaths. I wondered…
Perched Between Summer And September
No matter how many years pass between my school days and a new September, I feel a pinch at my heart as the slow days of summer-flushed cheeks come to an end...
Berry Picking
This summer we couldn't make our annual trip to the berry patch. Our winter freezer will be empty of smoothie-ready berries, my February pies will be bereft of…
Thank Your Feet
The good people at NAOT sent me a new catalogue. I was preparing for a big trip and largely ignoring my own shopping needs. Would I consider blogging about…
A Closer Look at Our Personal Narratives
When Erica challenged me to "put a blog where my mouth was", I agreed because I wanted to try to speak the truths I felt were missing around me. I agreed because…
Where I'm From
Too often I find myself telling my children the "you are not so hard done by" stories. The "I never got to go out to dinner" lecture, the "do you appreciate how…
Rhymes With Life
Do you struggle against the word "wife" and it's cultural weight, do you embrace it as your own, or re-define and live it in a new context?
The Good Idea Paroxysms
There are certain things which seem like a good idea at the time, but which are, in fact or in the clear light of day, not a good idea at all, such as these.
Pollinating
Though we cannot change the weather, nor hold back the storms, we can awaken small sparks of awe, tend to our small corners of the world, and hope for…
Notes To Self
I want to live until I am weak from loving well and being loved. I want to learn to fix my mistakes a little better every year. And when the time comes to set down…
