Find out more about my memoir No Letter in Your Pocket
I’ll be one of six writers reading live on Zoom on March 16, as part of Port Moody Public Library’s Writers in Our Midst program. The theme is love stories. I’m reading “Lost at Sea,” a love poem.
Many thanks to my student Eric D’Souza for putting this together. See @WritersinourMidst for details.
I really enjoyed being interviewed on Om By the Beach, a European podcast hosted by Josef Schinwald. Our one-hour discussion about Being on a Spiritual Path covered many areas, from Buddhist concepts of compassion, forgiveness, and no-self to writing about trauma, coaching others about writing about their trauma, and my memoir No Letter in Your…
Most Canadians consider Sir John A. Macdonald, the nation’s first prime minister, as “the Father of Confederation.” But this crusty politician, an ancestor of mine on my mother’s side, might well be called “father of residential schools.” Want to learn how his policies launched aboriginal children into decades of forced assimilation and abuse? Read my opinion piece “Macdonald’s legacy not…
It wasn’t Sam McGee’s fiery demise in Lake Lebarge, but I knew that Stewart River in the Yukon was the right spot to honour her memory. Before writer friend Janet Collins died in the summer of 2013, she made an innovative request to those who later attended her memorial. To find out how I fulfilled her…
The Art of Blogging A one-day workshop, designed for non-techies, teaches beginners the fun basics of WordPress blogging. You’ll learn how to write catchy posts, create links, “brand” your web presence and more. Includes in-class writing and group exercises. Note: This covers the creation & maintenance of content on a newly established or existing blog,…
The Theatre Street Youth Society, thanks to funding from VanCity Savings Credit Union, transformed the lives of at-risk teens through art, performance, and a job readiness program. I wrote about this success story in the 1990s for Vancity’s newsletter Working Dollars. A Vancity member for many decades, I applaud the credit union’s policies of self-reliance, social…
Nicaraguan women in the 1990s faced high unemployment, exploitation and discrimination. But thanks to Vancity funding to a grassroots group in this central American nation, women gained job and business training and micro-loans. I wrote about this for Working Dollars, the newsletter for VanCity Savings Credit Union. Click on this Nicaraguan women link to read…