
The Doctor is a Woman – A Short Story
"I'm not watching!" he hurumphed, his face turning red as he stomped his foot, swung his shoulders and huffed off to his bedroom. With the…
Continue Reading →"I'm not watching!" he hurumphed, his face turning red as he stomped his foot, swung his shoulders and huffed off to his bedroom. With the…
Continue Reading →<Emma's photo from last week's protest in Toronto> It's been way too long since I posted something here, but I'll be honest. I've been struggling to find…
Continue Reading →Curse words and blunt language are bad and are upsetting to read. So I've fixed this post to make it more acceptable. “When you came out of…
Continue Reading →I talk a lot about getting to know your audience. Knowing who it is you're talking to changes everything. Some folks ask me, "um, isn't…
Continue Reading →Nine and a half years ago, I lost my Grandma Beryl to cancer. A year and a half ago, I lost my Grandma Claire to…
Continue Reading →"When you came out of mommy's tummy..." "Fluffy went to gerbil heaven..." "Your Aunt Linda gets a little silly when she drinks too many grown up…
Continue Reading →When people first get into fundraising, they have two questions that always make me smile. First, "you mean I have to ask people for money!?" Second,…
Continue Reading →Back in July, I invited you to think about how you might change the nonprofit sector. Summers tend to be slower, and it's a great time…
Continue Reading →Inefficient. Ineffective. Navel gazing. Problematic. Self-centred. Un-collaborative. Backwards. Behind the times. Pushy. Weak. Complacent. Confused. Just not very effective. No, these aren’t my performance reviews for…
Continue Reading →A tiny, epileptic Black man from Minnesota changed the world. His name was Prince. And he was funky. As a young woman who grew up in a…
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