I tend to avoid promotion here but one of my oldest friends is celebrating an unusual birthday — the birthday of her blog. For a year, she’s been exploring where cerebral palsy and society intersect and I believe that’s a truly vital thing in an age of self-interest when empathy… Read More »Happy Birthday?

I mentioned spending time homeless in my latest post and didn’t expand on it so I figure I probably should. I have had several periods in my life where I was without a home — not that I forgot where I came from, just that I wasn’t able to have… Read More »Home is where the suitcase is…

When did you sleep outdoors? I suspect that most people have fond memories of sleeping under the stars or camping vacations with their family and friends. For me, sleeping outdoors brings back two memories — one highly traumatic, the other being homeless, which was oddly far less traumatic but just… Read More »Day 5

Tell me about a missed opportunity… I’m not sure how long it will actually take me to post this online — in practice, day four might end up living in the land of the missing for awhile. But I will eventually share it. I believe that honesty is important. Not… Read More »Day 4

Where did you come from? How did you escape? Everyone comes from somewhere. The problem is, some people come from so many places it becomes cumbersome to list them. So I generally gloss over the details. Am I Canadian? Japanese? British? American? Buddhist or Christian or Jewish? I try to… Read More »Day 3

The rain was, indeed, gone. I feel that among all the despair and tears of the previous post, I’d supplement today’s writing with something a bit more uplifting. I’ve already talked about this a very long time ago and it became part of the eulogy when my grandfather was buried… Read More »I can see clearly now…