A Day of Mourning
…and the gifts that it can bring As I get ready to start another week (Mondays seem to be the only weekday that’s recognizable amid our COVID-confusion) I pause and […]
“Free Range” Post Covid Parenting
Once this pandemic is over, I’ve made a vow to become much more of a free-range parent. I want my kids out of the house, free to roam, and the […]
The “So-called” Privileges of Home HQ
“The biggest stress relief will be getting people back to work.” That was the sentence that stopped me from reading the rest of an article in The Toronto Star titled “An impossible […]
An Aspiration for all Seasons
(Yes, even a COVID-19 one) A few years ago, I remember being told to essentially “lower my expectations” by two people whom I worked with. We were formalizing processes. We […]
Hey! You Forgot a Hero.
The New York Times recently published an article titled, “When the Mundane Becomes Heroic” accompanied by a photographic census of what New York looks like today. It focused on the […]
“How Disaster Liberates Us Into The Present”
How Disaster Liberates Us Into The Present […]
Are YOU Afraid of Ghosts?
Ghosts Among Us I’ve never been afraid of ghosts, but that’s starting to change. It seems there’s more of them living among us lately. Especially when it comes to urban […]
Opportunities of a city builder
Contrary to the “senior’s moments” aka memory lapse that more of us seem to be suffering from these days, we often have another cognitive impairment that’s quite the contrary. I […]
“City Thinking” like an 8 yr old
As a parent, I consider it my responsibility to expose my kids to an abundance of activities in the hopes of finding one that “sticks.” For my eldest two sons, it […]
The Silver Tsunami. Get ready Canada.
Last month, I had the pleasure of attending an ORCA educational day with our DelManor team. Dr. Brian Goldman started off the session and, whether intentionally or not, gave the crowd a […]
