I am writing to you from a chaos vortex (somewhat) of my own making. In the midst of parenting two teenagers who seem to need 20% more attention and time than I ever actually have, at the exact same moment…
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Joy Just Because is a weekly note from me to you. It also doubles as my mailing list for show and project announcements.
It's short and sweet, always free, and always written by me.
Paying attention
It is municipal election season, folks. Big excitement, am I right?
I begrudgingly pay attention to local politics. Begrudging because I find it extremely tedious and frustrating, but paying attention nonetheless because it turns out that many important decisions get…
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There were so many reasons to love Dolly Parton, and it seemed every single person did just that. She was universally beloved, adored across cultural and ideological divides - a miracle in this day and age.
Since Dolly’s passing I…
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“Gather round you all
the things that you love, name
their names, prepare
to lose them.”
from Song in a Year of Catastrophe by Wendell Berry
Celebrated American novelist, poet, essayist, environmental activist, cultural critic and farmer Wendell Berry has…
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Yesterday I received a form email from Mayor Olivia Chow of Toronto, which started with these lines:
“Over the past months, tens of thousands of residents and community leaders spoke out about what…
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