In Celebration of My Speech Arts Students
As I prepare to close this studio in its current form, I want to take a moment to look back and celebrate the students who made my work as a […]
A Love Letter to My Writing Students
This is a love letter to the many students who attended my writing workshops between 2020-2025. First, here’s a story: Although I opened this studio in 2020, my interest in […]
The Conclusion to my 5 1/2 Year-Long Experiment with Self-Help
In April 2012, I wrote my very first reflection for this blog. I was 22 years old, and had just moved to Vancouver, BC from Fredericton, New Brunswick with my […]
My ambition, and why I deleted Instagram, Twitter, and deactivated my personal profile on Facebook
“How can I tell Bob that my happiness streams from having wrenched a piece out of my life, a piece of hurt and beauty, and transformed it to typewritten words […]
I don’t know how to write about death.
I’ve tried to write this reflection so many times over the last few weeks. Unsuccessfully. A friend of mind died unexpectedly. He’s all I can think about right now — […]
On my first day back in Vancouver, I fell on an escalator.
“There would be going away and the coming back, and whatever would greet me on returning I would take stoically, accepting the responsibility of my own will, be it free […]