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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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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.
Becoming something else
Now I am changing, becoming something else
A creature of longing, tending only to myself
Perfume and Milk
Florence & the Machine
I have spent several hours over the past couple days writing what I can only describe as something…
Read moreTime to let things percolate
This week, the final episode of Make Like a Mother is out, featuring my conversation with Trish Dryden and Janita Wiersma - two people I could listen to talk for days. We had this chat live in front of an…
Read moreThe day got away from me
I had all my usual intentions to sit down and write today, and alas, it is 9:20pm and my best laid plans and I are sitting here giving each other the side-eye. Summer has arrived at my house this week…
Read moreIn pursuit of joyful abandon
I have secretly always wanted to dance. When I was five I told my mom I wanted to try figure skating. She suggested I try hockey instead. No shade to my mom, because hockey is still a massive passion of…
Read moreOffering up what we can
I am singing in a vocal group again after several years’ hiatus. God, I missed it. Plainville United scratches that itch really well, but we only have one or two shows per year and don’t meet regularly otherwise. This new…
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