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Where are you hiding?

by 27 December 2011
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I heard Seth Godin talk about the idea of “hiding”. When we can’t choose which path to take. It means we’re hiding. Plain and simple. Like a kid playing a …

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Just sayin’…

by 22 December 2011
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*NB: Both photos above were taken by my friend during a fab day in New York City. Thanks, sweetie!

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What would your t-shirt say?

by 21 December 2011
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We all have one phrase. At least one. A line we know deserves to be on a t-shirt. For people to walk about town in. People passing by in the …

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Expected/Unexpected: Cloisters-style

by 20 December 2011
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Expected: Seeing this on display at the Cloisters (a branch of the Metropolitan Museum of Art focused on the art and architecture of medieval Europe). Centuries old. Unexpected: Days later… …

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Poetry tea: Margaret Avison

by 19 December 2011
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Red apples hang frozen in a stick-dry, snow-dusty network of branches, against lamb’s wool and pastelblue of sky, a crooked woodenness, a wizzening red. – Margaret Avison, Sunblue (23, 1-5)

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A wish for my beloved

by 16 December 2011
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Fair warning: a little intense and deepy-deep for your Friday. But this is my wish for someone I love deeply… You coddle your pain like a newborn. You nurture him. …

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Sink-in moment: “Will you have a coffee with me?”

by 15 December 2011
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I heard Barbara Marx Hubbard recount the time she once invited Maslow to coffee. She sought to learn more about the field of psychology and wanted to surround herself with …

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Just sayin’…

by 14 December 2011
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Extraordinary words: Big sister wisdom

by 13 December 2011
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“There’s never too much clapping, Bubba.” We stood at the National Arts Centre in a standing ovation following the performance of the Messiah. By the third standing ovation, my hands …

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Poetry tea: Love, music dance, and poetry

by 12 December 2011
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A few years ago, I called to speak with my aunt in the hospital. She was ill and knew she was dying. I was living in Manhattan at the time …

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What makes us different, weird or ‘alien’ – once harnessed – is precisely what makes us extraordinary. This blog is a loving attempt to celebrate and encourage you to unleash your own special brand of alien for the extraordinary benefit of the world. Learn more about the origins of the blog here. Contact me here.

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