A good friend just moved to Scotland. My monthly dancing 'date' in fact. As I thought about her during the weekend of her trans-Atlantic move and pondered heading out to the dance floor on my own, I wondered about in-between time. During a big move there's a time when one has no electronic … [Read more...] about What grows in the in-between time?
Fall on my knees
It's late at night now. I've gone to bed once but got up as the words to this post were calling. I was supposed to spend this weekend on my own. Blissfully alone. Quietly alone. Then I got a call early this morning that one of my kids was sick and would I come and pick him up at his Scout camp. … [Read more...] about Fall on my knees
What does yellow taste like?
"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