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About Me

Location:
Canada, Regina
Gender:
Male
I am:
Consultant, Educator/Teacher, Parent, Performer, Writer/Editor
My website links:
Words From the Middle
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    A comment on Talk: Amanda Palmer: The art of asking

    Mar 1 2013: "I don't think of this as risk, I think of this as trust" (paraphrased). A very powerful notion that is so counter-cultural that I am enjoying the prospect of pondering it for the next while. While it saddens me that trust has been so devalued and weakened in our culture(s) I am exhilarated to see it when it pops up: here in the interaction with a child; there in this TED talk; over there in the random acts of kindness which presuppose a stranger will trust this as an act of kindness and nothing more.
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    A comment on Talk: John Hockenberry: We are all designers

    Jun 11 2012: A beautiful talk and very much appreciated. I am not wheelchair bound nor disabled ("otherabled"?) in any particular way but I'm glad to share the experience of the medical world telling me/us that after our twins, "well you'll never conceive again without assistance" with others. We welcomed Neala Grace into the world almost exactly 10 years after our twins were born. Intent and non-intent . . . it's an interesting dance.
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    A comment on Conversation: How did you find you life's work and passion after age 40? Is it possible?

    May 28 2012: As someone who has recently turned 50 and is on his third or fourth actual career I would like to say that you can always, or *almost* always find satisfaction and joy in where you are. This is far from saying that you should stay in any place, especially one that makes you unhappy, but as you explore other options please make sure you keep your eyes open for the unique wonders and delights of where you are. At least two of careers I pursued were things I would never have chosen but looking back on them, I wouldn't trade them for anything. Not only did I learn much in each of them . . . I LOVED them. Don't let the initial look of anything be the final determiner of your pursuit.

    Be well on the journey.

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