COVID-19 – Stay Home and Draw YEG
I started working from home March 13, 2020 once COVID-19 preparations began in earnest at my workplace. It's been a adjustment (both weird as well as kinda good) and its been emotional too, if I'm being honest. I'm wrestling with my worry - for my family overseas, friends who own their own businesses, work in private ...
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Good Advice and Stories for your Sober Curious Journey
At the beginning of my sober curious journey, I found a lot of quiet support from different types of art - writing, listening, watching films and tv, and making different recipes. I find that alcoholism and sober lifestyles are being discussed and explored more and more in mainstream culture. Or, I'm just aware now that ...
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Sober Summer Comic Book
I have a long history of what I call 'the guilty hangover.' It comes the morning after I partake in alcohol beverages. The trends were these: No matter what. Even if I didn't do anything bad at all - these feelings still come like a tidal wave. One morning, I woke up, had all the feelings, took myself out to brunch ...
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Indigenous History in Edmonton’s River Valley with Dr. Dwayne Donald
A couple years ago, I went on an INCREDIBLE walking tour to learn about local indigenous history in Edmonton's River Valley. It was led by professor Dr. Dwayne Donald who is a professor at the Faculty of Education for the University of Alberta. His ancestry is Papaschase Cree and also has connections to the Blackfoot. The ...
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Critical Linking: Urban Food Systems and Gardening
I discovered Ron Finley through a Lucky Peach article (RIP, you beautiful food magazine). And it got me wanting to garden. I had dabbled here and there but now I wanted to take it seriously. I spend a lot time thinking about food, reading about food, and talking about food. But not a lot of time actually growing my ...
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The Best of what I Read in 2018
Susceptible by Geneviève Castrée A very vulnerable graphic novel about childhood that made my heart hurt. Much of it is the author making sense of the past and how it relates to her identity. I think its a meditation on dealing with your past, your family, but still managing to find yourself despite the confusion of ...
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Photo Essay from Amy Dillon
Today we're catching up with a former Migration Patterns interviewee, Amy Dillon. She mentioned in the podcast that she had recently taken up photography and I've enjoyed watching her talent progress over the past 8 months or so. I asked her to share some of her work on the blog and she agreed! Here's the podcast episode ...
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