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About Lorne Daniel
Lorne Daniel grew up in Alberta, tall and curious.
Over the years, Lorne has written poetry, reviews, newspaper columns and magazine articles and had his work broadcast on CBC and CKUA radio. His essay "Today is the Frontier" about growing up in Alberta’s oil patch won the 1995 Jon Whyte Memorial Essay Prize.
In his professional life, Lorne’s company Grandview Consulting Inc. has won regional, national and international awards for its writing, communications consulting, and planning work.
Lorne believes that writing is a process of discovery. As a writer, he is changed by the process of finding words within experiences, experiences within words.
Lorne follows the best weather back and forth between Red Deer AB and Victoria BC – with the latter most often winning out. You can follow his flits, flights and tweets on Twitter or check out his website and his blog.
Lorne's Blog
Author photo by Ben Moore
The Long, Slow Summers of Youth
The children of summer, the children we once were, don’t read or watch or worry about the weather, they wear it in their skin. Skin wet with a recent shower, or glowing red from a little too much lazing in the sun, it matters not to them. For what these kids have is not only time, as in available hours, but the time of their lives. [Read more]
We Get the Communities We Deserve
An encouraging trend is ‘new urbanism,’ which values high density city environments with connected, interdependent citizens. New urbanism realizes that if we all just retreat into suburban garages with automatic doors and our private residence cocoons, then no one is left caring for our streets, parks, community centres — or one another. [Read more]
The Library Doors are Closing
Libraries across North America are in serious danger of disappearing. Lorne Daniel wonders how we would feel if the end-of-day library recording said, “Attention patrons. The library is closing in 15 minutes. Forever. Please put down all items and leave the building.” [Read more]
Simplifying, Stage 2: The Meltdown
Lorne Daniel discovers the tasks involved in simplifying a person’s home, office and electronic data can be quite complicated. [Read more]
What Children Don’t Understand About Mother’s Day
A farm accident brings home the sharp emotions felt by parents. When we become parents, we are suddenly vulnerable to feeling our children’s pains. [Read more]
Why a Run is Never “Just a Run”
Although we run for fitness, many runners keep running for other personal reasons. Running can be an entry to deeper thinking, or meditation, or appreciation of nature. [Read more]
Getting Lost in Nature – and Finding a Way
I think we need trees more than SUVs, fresh water more than fertilizer, mountains more than metal smelters. This force, this energy, this presence we call nature is worthy of our awe, our respect and our best care. [Read more]
One Thing is Clear: I Must Simplify
A writer renews his efforts to create a clutter-free environment with a focus on what’s really important. But simplicity isn't always so simple. [Read more]
Is a Future Without Libraries OK with You?
I think it was the book Generation X that provoked the extended riff with the circulation clerk at my local library. As she ran the book and a couple Beatles re-mastered CDs through the barcode reader for me, she asked, “If we didn’t already have... [Read more]
Getting Beyond Guilty to Green
Feeling guilty about not being green enough may be preventing some of us from moving forward. Movement toward sustainability is possible. [Read more]
