Wild Words
Hello, can you hear me?
Last week was awful for high-profile stories of despair, and wonderful for people encouraging those who are struggling to reach out. A common sentiment on social media was that we could all do better at checking in with each other. Last week also saw the release of a...
How to be human in three easy steps
I consider myself a cautious adventurer. I’m a research-before-you-leap kind of person. So before I launched myself into the life of a full-time freelancer, I dug into some of my biggest fears. How could I earn enough to sustain myself? How should I market my...
Finding an introvert’s paradise in New Mexico
One week, one roadtrip crammed with eccentric offerings such as Meow Wolf’s The House of Eternal Return, the Albuquerque International Balloon Fiesta, an open house at the Very Large Array, and the state’s nuclear legacy. A yurt with a hundred-mile view off the...
Ring in the new
This summer, a coworker and I were chatting while kayaking in the Burrard Inlet when I mentioned a former colleague had moved back from Europe and was now living on Salt Spring Island, picking up freelance work so she could work remotely. “I wish I could do something...
The legacy of Denis McGrath
Reposted from TV, eh?: So much has and will be posted about the Denis McGrath-sized hole left in the world after his death last night. A small part of his legacy is that without him TV, eh? would likely not exist. In an alternate, Denis-less universe, one we’re...
