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An open letter to my choir family

Hey choir fam,

So I’ve needed to take a few days to process last weekend’s retreat, much more so than past years…

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Fifty Favourite Things

I was inspired to pull together this list by one of my When Words Collide fam, Erin Weir, and her recent Erin’s Favourite Things post on her blog, A Flimsy Plan. As someone who talks and thinks a lot about gratitude, I thought this would be a nice twist on the usual kind of gratitude list. But what would be in such a list for me?…

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The light that is you…

I want so badly to fix the world…

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the silver lining is gratitude

This was written in response to a social media post regarding an anti-trans protest and counter protest that is scheduled to happen tomorrow, which reads in part “This event has a high potential for violence, especially towards visibly queer and racialized individuals… If you are visibly queer and/or racialized, we recommend that you AVOID this area on that day”…

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One moment

I was reminded today, powerfully and profoundly, that while maybe I can’t change the whole world, fix all that hurts and all that is broken, I can do everything I can to change my whole world…

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A state of perpetual wander…

I’ve spoken often, and written here and elsewhere, about curiosity as a core driving force in my life. Some would describe it as being in a state of perpetual wonder, which I love.

But curiosity is an outlook, a motivator, a frame of mind. It’s not an action. So what is it to put curiosity to action?

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Campus during the fall

For my entire life I have considered the University of Alberta to be my second home. I was born on campus, at the University of Alberta hospital… the result of my parents coming to Edmonton to be students here. Ever since my life has been woven with threads of the U of A in so many different ways, throughout my childhood, my youth, and my adulthood…

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Be…

Realized I hadn't really shared our year-end concert video for Kokopelli Choirs, then got to pondering why…

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#14daysofkokokopelli

I am part of a choir family known, for at least a little bit longer, as the Kokopelli Choir Association. As part of our looking forward to the fall, we started the #14daysofkokopelli campaign on social media…

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This is my Vaccination Selfie

Looks a lot like a photo I took just a few days ago... same spot, same mug, same shirt. But not the same me…

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Productivity

Productivity so far today…

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Introducing the Butterflies and Aliens Library

My friend Stacey Kondla and I have finally decided to do a thing! We are delighted to announce the launch of the Butterflies and Aliens Library of Literary Eccentricities and Rarities, a new website and blog through which we hope to spread some of our love of all things bookish!

We’re excited to start the new year with something new. Let us know what you think!