IMPORTANT UPDATE
As of April 2024, my blog has moved over to Substack where I’m co-hosting A Tender Space (together with my business partner at Centre for Holding Space). You can find my new writing plus podcast episodes there, or sign up below to get them in your inbox.
Here’s some of my earlier writing…
Taking a page from Hope’s book
Sick.
Fun Monday
At first, when Swampwitch announced the theme for this Fun Monday, I just couldn't decide what to highlight as the most memorable posts I'd either read or written. So I took my time thinking about it and didn't end up signing up. Today, I'm at home with a sick child,...
One of my heroes
"Women can't think." That's what Elizabeth Milton was told the first time she visited the Afar Region. She'd been recently hired by Support for Sustainable Development, a non-profit organization with a mission to help the Afar people build more sustainable livelihoods...
Scattered thoughts
Scattered thought #1 - Nikki has been begging us for a two-piece bathing suit. After a party (involving a hot-tub) with her girlfriends a few weeks ago, she has repeatedly told us that "EVERYONE has one" (which, translated could very well mean one or two of them do)....
If this were my virtual reality, I’d at least have a maid!
In the paper this morning, there was an article about this book on the blogosphere. Apparently the author thinks that we (bloggers) are "isolated and lonely, living in a virtual reality instead of forming real relationships or helping to change the world." It gets...
Just sittin’ here smilin’
The next time I get one of those letters in the mail that says "thanks for your submission, but we can't use it in our publication at this time";ORthe next time I tell myself there are so many better things I could do with my time than writing(like doing laundry, for...
Where have the years gone?
Because all the cool kids are doin' it, I wanted to join the fun and post some pictures of me as a young child. Unfortunately, it turns out that I have only a very limited number of pictures of bygone days in my house. I think it's time to root around in those old...
Sunday six
Six ways to avoid laundry.1. Play Bingo with your kids.2. Let your kids convince you that you need to play ONE more round before tackling the laundry mountain.3. Write a lame blog post about avoiding laundry.4. Tell yourself it's character building if the kids...
No entrance
At the rock-hewn churches of Lalibella, where history is so thick it seeps from the walls, I stood outside the holy of holies. By virtue of my gender, I was barred entrance to that most sacred of places.The men at the door said "no women allowed." I heard "you are...
On the radio
If you'd like to hear a radio interview I did together with Steve Bell, go here and click on "Steve Bell in Ethiopia".
Shawnigan Lake, B.C.
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