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Spring Rites: Write right Question for you – are you interested in using your journal as a way to improve your self-awareness and self-acceptance? Or are you more interested in […]

In October 2019, I was heading off to a writing retreat in England. Before leaving, I met with two kind-hearted friends, asking if they would help me plan an event […]

Lucky me! If I am sounding like a broken record, at least you know I am consistent, persistent and convinced that I have a message that bears repeating. Over and […]

“Emodiversity is a practically important and previously unidentified metric for assessing the health of the human emotional ecosystem.” So states a report, published in 2014 in the [...]

Little known Canadian fact: On November 22, 2012, the National Philanthropy Day Act declared, “Throughout Canada, in each and every year, the 15th day of November shall be known as […]

When I started my job at the local community foundation in 2005, I was wide-eyed and wondering, “How do I do my best work in an organization that is part […]

One of the blog posts that I follow recommends, “If you are feeling lonesome, start your own group. That way, you will be sure to be included!” Talking to others, […]

Celebrating Gratitudes in the company of children and Ma Nature… My sister sent me a text advising that September 21 was World Gratitude Day, in case I missed the memo. […]

By the time you are reading this, Friday September 11, 2020 will be fading in the rear-view mirror. The 9-11 numbers remind me of a confusing, unbelievable moment that dramatically […]

First, a poem by American writer Octavia Butler from Parable of the Talents: Kindness eases change.Love quiets fear.And a sweet and powerfulPositive obsessionBlunts pain,Diverts rage,And engages [...]