Today I gave a talk at the reception of The Hummingbird Project. This was a collaboration of 18 artists including myself who are inspired to make positive change through our medium of choice. Below is the link of my talk, as I stumbled through the emotional experience of sharing my Read more
July 9, at work; It is times like this which give me hope my life has value. Maybe not like those of great influence, but there is purpose for what I went through and in my ability to now share it. There was a young girl who came into the Read more
This stone was lost at the Los Angela’s airport while going through security before boarding my plane to Bolivia. It was such a unique stone, one collected since coming back to Canada from Ecuador. I still miss it, there was comfort in holding it, even before the message was received Read more
Her name was Queen, a young woman of only 17 years, who has sadly passed on. She died of a drug overdose, I’m told – she was in prison, although I never learned why. It didn’t matter, I just wanted to help her. She was invited to participate in The Read more
June 20, 2025 As I was walking back to the book store from the stuffie store, a man yelled “hello” to me from where he was sitting in his car, parked on the street. I waved and called back my greeting, smiling as I normally would. Then he really surprised Read more
June 14, 2025 Today is papa’s birthday and no the irony is not lost on me as I contemplate the 2 very different men who share this birth date. While my father gave his life fighting against tyranny and oppression, fighting against oligarchs, the other man is an oligarch selling Read more
May 22, 2025 Last week a mother came into the store with her young daughter who was maybe a year and a half years old. She was talking and spoke to me several times, but the mother always felt the need to translate. I remember those days well and marvel Read more
As Mother’s Day approaches, I have been thinking once more about the loss of my family and how it keeps affecting my life in subtle ways. I’m sharing what happened a few weeks ago as it is appropriate for what is felt today, so much of me wanting to give Read more
May 1, 2025 Since the beginning of this story, the information coming to me in very fragmented form became like a puzzle which needed solving. There were not nearly enough answers as the question of my identity surfaced. Who am I? So much of it didn’t make sense, yet every Read more
At the end of October 2012 Patrick left me. We discussed the possibility of living together as friends, something I simply could not accept and told him so. How could I live beside someone who was supposed to love me, who I was in love with for just over 20 Read more