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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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.
“He goes free of the earth”
“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…
Read moreBecoming 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…
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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…
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