today i’m on the run. too many things happening, including helping my very pregnant daughter move (yes! i’m becoming a grandmother! more on that soon.) so let’s turn this problem into an opportunity and see how you, gentle reader, like it when i just present you with my notes. it’s a continuation from last month,… Continue reading 12-step discussion: step 2
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designing the web
i’m still digesting the great fare at the northern voice blogging conference. as you may have gleaned already, one of my favourites there was nancy white. in talking about how we interact with one another, on and offline, she said something that left a lasting impression on me: “everyone is a designer!” what does that… Continue reading designing the web
conversations at northern voice
conversations are at the heart of my practice. conversations are what i was hoping for when i first started this blog. conversations was one of the topics at this year’s northern voice blogging conference – i facilitated a little presentation about it at moosecamp (the first day’s unconference) in connection with the vancouver bloggers meetup.… Continue reading conversations at northern voice
sex trade workers and free will
here in vancouver, the courts are finally dealing with willy pickton, accused of murdering dozens of women. these were women with friends, family, children. women who laughed and told stories and wrote christmas cards. i personally met two of them. they were also people who were addicted to drugs. they were poor. many of them… Continue reading sex trade workers and free will
thank you, body
a poem written in the early 1990’s, at a time of being very ungrounded and spaced out: oh body, bloodfilled one, redeem my soul redeem my burning, ashen soul please turn me inside out rescue me, body, from my thoughts. please, hands, please, wake me up let me fall prey to sensing sharper glass and… Continue reading thank you, body
addiction: underestimating the power of cravings
addiction is pretty hard to understand if you’ve never been there. the crazed lust, the desperate longing for whatever it is that your are hooked on – from heroin to alcohol to overworking to shopping to sex to codependency – whatever it is, if it’s not your thing then all you can do is shake… Continue reading addiction: underestimating the power of cravings
a fix for both obesity and malnutrition?
research on obesity is really going places these days. a little while ago, i reported on the discovery of an obesity virus and an obesity molecule. now, feifan guo and douglas cavener, two biologists at penn state university, have discovered an enzyme with the weighty name of GCN2 eIF2alpha kinase (let’s call it GAK, shall… Continue reading a fix for both obesity and malnutrition?
confessions of an ……aholic
when people talk about confessions of a shopaholic, the new york times bestseller by sophie kinsella, they usually smile benevolently at her shopping antics, they’ll tell you how hilarious the book is: what a great piece of chicklit! i’m gonna take a different tack here. this book is a very clear description of the life… Continue reading confessions of an ……aholic
attracted to the law of attraction
are you attracted to the law of attraction? everyone seems to be talking about the movie the secret lately, and the law of attraction. are you one of them? if so, i wonder whether you’d like to
valentine’s day – a day of germination
valentine’s day, similar to groundhog day, the celtic imbolc and the carnival festivities in western europe, is a celebration that heralds the slowly awakening forces of spring. it’s still cold and nasty outside but we can all feel that stirring deep down, we all know that the seeds in the ground are starting to send… Continue reading valentine’s day – a day of germination