I wont bore you with all the details, but things have been rough. Wow. Haven't really caught a break since we moved, but it hasn't been all bad. Good things include our work places and our neighbourhood. 2021 had us all thinking we were almost done …
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Haitus OVER
Hi everyone! I accidentally went on haitus there and didn't tell anyone. Did you miss me? Did you notice? If not, that's OK. If you did, I'm sorry. I was posting on the FB page so you knew I wasn't dead at least, but since our latest move (yes, I mov…
Dreams, Plans and Goals
What a difference a year can make! Thanks to the right people and mindset I’m in a much better place emotionally, mentally and even financially. It’s amazing the change that can come when you stop living and making choices based on fear vs hope. I’ve…
It Really Does Get Better
The It Gets Better Project was created and designed specifically for LGBTQIA2S+ folks who are battling bullying, mental illness and other challenges. It is an amazing resource for these things and I highly recommend it! Go to www.itgetsbetter.org for…
We are the Champions
I saw a great TedTalk this morning and it set me off. The following is a stream of consciousness rant:
Of the few things I regret in my life, not finishing teacher’s college is the big one. I let one miserable old man at one school tell …
Marvel, Mutants and the Mastermind Behind it All
One of the first things people realize when they meet me is that I’m a huge geek; I grew up watching Star Trek Next Generation at dinner, and Batman the Animated Series, Spider-Man and the X-Men on Saturday mornings. When Marvel started making th…
This Is Me
Last night after dinner I was listening to some music and the video for This is Me from the Greatest Showman came on. Kat was bopping around enjoying it until she looked at the screen and saw the bearded lady, then started the questions.
“Who’s that…
Spirals, Starhawk and September
I’ve finished my September book already; City of Refuge by Starhawk. I devoured it over the Labour Day weekend as it simultaneously clawed it’s way inside me. It became a part of me and now I don’t know what to do with myself. Sometimes books are l…
Summer Update
It has been a lovely summer so far here in Northern Ontario, forest fires notwithstanding. We’ve gone to several local provincial parks: Grundy Lake, Chutes and Fairbank(s?) and haven’t been disappointed. One day Ryan and I did an 8km hike at Chutes …
Iron
There are children in cages.
Yes, you read that right. Children. In cages.
This is not a history lesson or an Oscar winning drama. Tom Hanks is not coming to save the day. 
There are children in cages, in tents in 100 degree Texas heat be…
Dear Prime Minister
* Feel free to copy and paste to him and your MP, your state representatives, your members of Congress and Senate, etc. *
Good morning,
My name is Jen and I’m writing to you today to ask you to please make a strong statement on…
Achievement Unlocked - Defeat Depression
Last Saturday my coworkers and I participated in our local Defeat Depression run/walk and it was a Good Day. The walk slammed their fundraising goal, raising over $26,000 despite the horrible humidity and serious threat of rain.
We only did…
Book Buddies
Submerged in words is my favourite place-surrounded by black letters and punctuation marks, imagining in full detail the gift of language. Better than any movie, more complete in every way, my mind can fill in the blanks between words, between paragr…
Zippy’s Great Escape
We run a campaign now and then just for us in the homebrew world of Askance; there are none of the regular races, just anthropomorphic races like kitsunes and tengu, catfolk and grippli. We got off to a slow start but last night we finally had a sess…
March Madness
March is supposed to bring warm breezes, a hint of green grass, robins and geese and other wonders of Spring. Instead, this year gave me a heaping dose of anxiety and depression. Fun! The week off of March Break and the following week were very very …
Kisses Through the Glass
The morning routine goes like this:
alarm, howling cat at the door, snooze button, snooooooze, alarm.
Crackling bedframe of island pine, rattling vintage door handles, creaking doors open to say
Goodmorning, sunshine! Rise and shine! Just…
Men, MeToo and Movement
When male friends of mine have told me in the past that they too have experienced sexual violence, I believed them. It was easy to do as I don’t think women have a monopoly on being assaulted and traumatized. I know, from almost 20 years of education…
Hey Bell, Let’s Talk About Maternal Mental Health
Its’ BellLetsTalk day here in Canada (though maybe this is an international campaign) and I wanted to say, if you didn’t know already, I’ve struggled with anxiety and depression in the not so distant past, and with post partum depression after my son…
Times Up, Bros. Me Too
You’d have to be living under a rock to have not heard of Harvey Weinstein, Kevin Spacey, the Me Too or Times Up movements. The women of Me Too made the front page of Time Magazine as People of the Year in one of my favourite covers ever, and the art…
Love Through the Ages
A few days ago I was laid low by a Facebook picture that Walking the Red Road shared. I had just gotten off work, was battling a head cold, hadn’t slept well in a couple of days AND started my period. I was a bit of a wreck so I suppose I have some e…
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