Oct 15, 2021Is it OK to be Happy?In 2017, shortly after my eldest left home for university, I listened to a podcast featuring the founder of a tree planting organization. She was sobbing, and I mean — sobbing — about the destruction of our world. She said she couldn’t understand why we weren’t all on our knees…Happiness7 min readHappiness7 min read
Aug 20, 2021Unapologetically Sorry: A New Canadian’s StoryI had that dream again. The authorities are coming. The gig is up. I buried a body, forgot about it and am about to get caught. I’m in deep fucking trouble. I stand in my front yard. The location sometimes changes, but here and now, the bones are buried in the boulevard — on city…Canadian7 min readCanadian7 min read
Feb 1, 2021Becoming CanadianA Story of Forgetting — Great-great-grandmothers, I am writing to tell you I made it. You made it. We survived. Imagine that your Egyptian great-grandson met your German great-granddaughter. They had a couple of kids and immigrated to — wait for it — Edmonton, Alberta, Canada. …Canada3 min readCanada3 min read
Apr 29, 2020A review of reviews of Planet of the HumansBefore I watched Planet of the Humans, I read scathing reviews from people I know and respect who absolutely trashed the movie. …3 min read3 min read
Jun 9, 2019Member-onlyLet’s shoot our garbage into space!I’m gonna be frank. It looks kinda bleak. I’ve been writing this piece for a week and in that time have read several articles where climate researchers predict the complete collapse of human civilization by 2050. This is hot off the heels of the IPCC report warning us that we are fast approaching runaway climate chaos, the WWF…Climate Change12 min readClimate Change12 min read
Mar 1, 2019The Descent of Inanna’s Descendants“From the Great Above she opened her ear to the Great Below. From the Great Above the goddess opened her ear to the Great Below. From the Great Above Inanna opened her ear to the Great Below.” About 5000 years ago in Sumeria, more stories were told about Inanna, the…Mythology6 min readMythology6 min read