A heavy personal loss this season has me meditating on the act of being vulnerable. I’ve discovered that it is a conscious act — a courageous one. Being vulnerable requires that despite its cuts and cracks and wounds and brokenness, the heart must remain fearlessly open. It’s counter-intuitive for most of us.
Archives for November 2010
Self Repair Manifesto
From the incredibly creative folks at www.ifixit.com comes a Self-Repair Manifesto. What’s this? Fix our own stuff rather than ditching it or recycling? What a revolutionary idea. Plus, if you give these folks a tweet they’ll send you a free funky poster with your own manifesto.
Girl Meets Canada: My St. John’s Meltdown
What do you do once you reach the final destination of your journey and realize you have no idea what to do with yourself now?
Do the Amish Use Facebook?
When Andrea begins exploring the Amish method of evaluating the usefulness of a technology to their culture, she decides to apply this philosophy to her own use of Facebook. The results may surprise a lot of people.
Mandy’s Tune
My city is dying from the inside. The suburbs keep sending the brightest and the best to fill in the ranks. Nobody knows nobody or so they say. The smoke rises, the bodies break, the hometown football warriors, the homecoming queens become ghosts. The war on drugs is just about over. All that remains is the body count and next week’s order.
And Here’s To You, Mrs. Rav4
When a car dies, it’s not like we should mourn, right? As Ali discovers, cars acquire personalities. We grow to like (or love them) and often they are there for the most important moments of our lives.
Raffi: Building A World Fit for Children
“A world fit for children.” Would you vote for that?” asks Raffi Cavoukian, the famous singer-songwriter who is championing a global movement to put children’s rights at the center of our collective decisions.
A Classical Romance
I suffer from a rather rare ailment I sometimes call the “classical bug”. This is characterized by total fascination with all things ancient, especially those concerning the ancient Greek and Roman civilizations.
Bugs are Okay By Me
When a Canadian moves to a tropical Caribbean island, she finds lots to love. And then there are the bugs. Little bugs. Big bugs. Stinging bugs. Biting bugs. For Genny Ross-Barons, it’s all just part of life in paradise.
How To Use Your Binoculars To Watch The Night Sky
Soon, winter will be upon us and with it, some cool crisp nights featuring skies festooned with stars, planets and of course, our moon. For most of us, it’s a bit chilly to go out and set up a telescope. Binoculars to the rescue! If you have never looked at the night skies through a pair of steadily mounted binoculars, you really are missing something!
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