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Good questions can change you.

Good questions change everything. Good questions shine a light in places we didn’t think to look. They push us forward and they open doors to areas we may not have thought to look. They challenge us. They change us. Good questions take work to ask . . because a measured thoughtful generous question isn’t one […]

Muse

I collect domain names the way that other women collect shoes. Want to know how I know, it’s a problem? I’ve started putting them on my other credit card. Lines and lines, of lives I might have had, or might still. For someone who often feels out of place, It’s like buying a small flag […]

Conversation, Politics

What does good political leadership look like?

A conversation worth having. The conversation around what good political leadership looks like, is an important one. The idea of what it means to be a good political leader is something that’s often not actively or optimistically discussed in everyday ordinary conversation. But if this past year of COVID has taught us anything, it’s that […]

One.Two.Three

You’re so creative

You’re so creative They say in their accusing voices as if It’s something I’ve been practicing in secret And only revealing my craft in the hardened light of the workshop room Small squares of coloured paper I read about this feeling once Possibility Clutter they call it which sounds beautiful but isn’t Seeing it everywhere […]