It's good to remember the little pleasures in life, when the world seems all nutty. It's also good to remember my Grandma Joy, who would have been 88 the day I got inspired to start photographing small joys. Joy with my grandpa Harry in 1989, in their harvest gold kitchen.
doula, doula, doula.
I thought that, considering my last post, I should write about the doula course I took three weeks ago. I was a wee bit skeptical but mostly excited about the experience. I was a little bit worried that it would be full of patchouli wearing earth mothers but it turned out to be exactly what …
it’s been awhile …
I've been thinking a lot over the last few months about my future and myself. I had a slightly rough autumn. I had to have another surgery this fall as a result of my cycling accident in October 2009. I built this second surgery up in my mind because the first one was so awful. …
bravery.
I really enjoy listening to talk programs and so on at work. I feel like it helps me use my brain a lot more and keeps me focused on work so that I'm not tempted by the internet (or my blog!). Today I found this on the CBC News website. Having been about six-years-old when …
missing the point.
I recently came across this article in the Globe and Mail. From the title "Will Aussies elect a childless woman as PM?" I was expecting something sort of ridiculous. Instead I found an article that was really ridiculous. The article seemed to miss a really important argument about gender politics in, well, politics. The author …