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…
Meaningful & mindful engagement in Social Media
If you'd asked me a year ago, when I was in the process of leaving my job, what I'd be doing now, probably the last thing I would have said would be that I'd be producing a guidebook for engaging in social media in a meaningful and mindful way. And yet... I've just...
Eleven years
Tonight we'll take our children to the graveyard, we'll talk about what might have been, perhaps shed a tear or two, and then we'll go out for ice cream to celebrate a life that changed us. It's what we do every year on this day. Every year for eleven years. Today is...
There is beauty in this season of decay
What beauty can you find in this season of decay? Where is an ending being marked by a shift of colours? What things are dying so that other things may be born? Are your petals letting go to make room for next year's blossoms? What is migrating to a new home? Are...
War – What is it Good For? (A guest post in honour of International Day of Peace)
I'm proud to say that I come from a long line of pacifists. My Mennonite ancestors decided that they would rather seek peace than participate in war and that became a tenement of our faith. Not only do I have pacifist blood running through my veins, but I have lots of...
Beyond the formula – Teaching for transformation
I teach writing to reluctant writers. The students I teach in the continuing education program at the university are working on certificates in human resource management, project management, or public relations. Few of them have ever dreamed of being writers. Only a...
Turning pain into music: More reflections on our 100 km. walk
“Are you sure you don’t want a ride to the camp? You can just skip the rest of the kilometres for the day, rest up, stay off your blisters for awhile, and start fresh tomorrow.” We heard that often along the 100 km. walk. Well-meaning organizers, volunteers, and...
After the finish line – The good people on the journey
These are my heros. All three of us. Cath Duncan, Christina Greenway, and myself. We did it. We walked 100 kilometres in three days. This picture was taken at the end of the second day - the 38 kilometre day that we thought we couldn't survive. The last 8 kilometres...
Why walk 100 km?
I'm in Calgary. Yesterday I drove for 13 hours to get here, and tomorrow I'll be awake very early in the morning to start the three day walk. This commitment is not for the faint-of-heart. Right from the moment I said to Cath "I want to walk with you," I've know that...
Shifting
Perhaps it's the change of seasons. Perhaps it's the shift that occurs at this time of year when we move from the ease of summer to the routine and purpose of Fall. Perhaps it's because I've spent too much time staring at and evaluating the functional-but-not-creative...
Looking for wild green spaces
View Larger Map I like to explore green spaces. See those little pockets of green all over my neighbourhood? I'm attracted to them like a magnet to steel. Since this has been my summer of wandering (and the summer of beautiful weather), and training for my upcoming...
Shawnigan Lake, B.C.
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