"This tastes yellow tastes mommy?" my then two year old told me as he ate something that was not the colour yellow. Half of my brain marveled at his unusual and creative description, while half of my brain jumped to thinking about the seeds of an activity in his statement. Since Jeremy's … [Read more...] about What does yellow taste like?
A wild time in pictures
I recently wrote a post about wild time. Wild time and the wilderness have much in common, they’re both “everlasting, undefined, unenclosed, unnamed, a mystery”. Here's what everyday can feel like. Here's what wild time can feel like. I drew this in my journal on my recent trip to … [Read more...] about A wild time in pictures
Wild time
In recent posts I’ve been writing about time and some mighty interesting Utne Reader articles on time. Whether we’re more important than our appointment book, how to expand time, living on Tokyo time and the politics of spontaneity. Now it’s time for some wild time. Jay Griffiths in this … [Read more...] about Wild time
In branding higher learning, it's out with the old school
Caption: Einstein didn't own a hairbrush either Check out the Globe and Mail article by Simon Houpt 'In branding higher learning, iti's out with the old school'. He talks a bit about work I did with one of our clients, Simon Fraser University. I did a workshop with the student recruiters (the … [Read more...] about In branding higher learning, it's out with the old school
When it comes to time is spontaneity political?
Having recently returned from working in Africa I’ve been thinking about time. A lot. In my last three posts I wrote about a great Utne Reader article called Our Schedules, Our Selves: Are you more important than your appointment book? by Jay Walljasper, Stephan Rechtschaffen’s article called How … [Read more...] about When it comes to time is spontaneity political?
This thing called time: Tokyo time
Having recently returned from working in Africa I’ve been thinking about time. A lot. In my last two posts I wrote about a great Utne Reader article called Our Schedules, Our Selves: Are you more important than your appointment book? by Jay Walljasper and Stephan Rechtschaffen’s article called How … [Read more...] about This thing called time: Tokyo time
This thing called time part 2
Having recently returned from working in Africa I’ve been thinking about time. A lot. In my last post I wrote about a great Utne Reader article called Our Schedules, Our Selves: Are you more important than your appointment book? by Jay Walljasper. Accompanying Jay’s article is a bold headline … [Read more...] about This thing called time part 2
This thing called time
Coming back from working in Africa for a month I’ve been thinking about time a lot. A lot. Time flowed thicker there. I was swept up in its meandering current. I delighted in its unpredictability. Slipping back into the stream at home in Canada I observe myself getting annoyed if someone takes … [Read more...] about This thing called time
YMCA Power of Peace Awards
I was recently honoured by being nominated for and becoming a finalist for the International category of the YMCA Power of Peace awards. See a YMCA Power of Peace clip here. Nazanin Afshin-Jam, who has a name like liquid poetry, was the captivating keynote speaker and winner in the emerging leaders … [Read more...] about YMCA Power of Peace Awards
