A journey of Ten Years

11/06/2025

I'm still in Brampton, a baby senior surrounded by those who have lots of practice - people my parents knew. People who knew me when I was born. Mary is a friend of my aunt in Holland. She knew my grandparents. That feels surreal, but it also is something I cherish.

11/01/2025

If you are on my feed, you will notice the number of posts about missing persons, especially those who are Indigenous.
There are so many...some women have been missing for years....

I wonder...how many layers of garbage are they buried under? And how many families will never, ever know anything.

Why does it matter? Because I could be one of those mothers left hanging. My daughter is Metis and so are her children.

10/23/2025

For years, I have been making cards proclaiming JOY! As in "Joy to the World", the third Sunday of Advent...the shepherds. I guess it started with celebrating Advent at church...something I still practice. But, what does it mean, exactly? Especially now, as we face situations that can work to suck away our joy----what miniscule amounts of it some people have. …...

For years, I have been making cards proclaiming JOY! As in “Joy to the World”, the third Sunday of Advent…the shepherds. I guess it started with celebrating Advent at church& #8230…

10/02/2025

Lexio Divina is a process of sitting with a passage, usually biblical, but it doesn't have to be. It's something I want to do with things I see on Facebook. Poetry that is shared with me. How it "works" Read - this is the lexio part. Read slowly. Which words or phrases jump off the page and into your head? …...

Lexio Divina is a process of sitting with a passage, usually biblical, but it doesn’t have to be. It’s something I want to do with things I see on Facebook. Poetry that is shared with m…

09/25/2025

I am privileged to receive an inheritance. I know not everyone gets one. But, I do. And the question is, "How do I use it to make my dreams come true? What do I want to be the end result? These are big questions. The biggest answer is that there will be a piece of property with our homes on it - mine, my child, and my grandchildren....

I am privileged to receive an inheritance. I know not everyone gets one. But, I do. And the question is, “How do I use it to make my dreams come true? What do I want to be the end result? The…

07/27/2025

This book is recommended for twelve-year-olds and up. The white grandmother in me screams, "No..wait until they're a little older, maybe sixteen or seventeen, Safiya's age?" This is hard stuff. The reality is that Indigenous peoples, brown and black people, immigrants, migrants -live with the reality of this story from the time of conception. Maybe even in the lives of the grandmothers who bore their mothers....

This book is recommended for twelve-year-olds and up. The white grandmother in me screams, “No..wait until they’re a little older, maybe sixteen or seventeen, Safiya’s age?”…

07/17/2025

If my mom was still living and needing care, I would not be writing this post. Just so you know. But she isn't. She's probably singing her heart out like she used to. She's happy. And I'm short on rent and living. My ideas for creating a surplus: Going back to teaching ESL, part time or as a sub....

If my mom was still living and needing care, I would not be writing this post. Just so you know. But she isn’t. She’s probably singing her heart out like she used to. She’s happy.…

07/11/2025

Yesterday I listened to this interview from The Breach. Listen to the Water.... What do you think?

What can water and the natural world teach us about power, resistance, and survival? Leanne Betasamosake Simpson joins Desmond Cole to discuss her new book “...