Things I keep thinking about.
A Story About the Young People Who Were Always Told to Wait A long time ago, in a small Anishinaabe community beside the water, the people gathered around a great fire whenever important decisions needed to be made. It was not an ordinary fire. This was the fire where the community came together to speak […]
I’ve had my character attacked, my heritage questioned, my writing mocked, and yes, it fucking hurts. I cry. I’m human. But then I remember the message given to me: “I didn’t build you like the others. You have work to do.” And here I was thinking Creator was talking about my big stature, my nonverbals […]
Pull up a chair. Coffee’s probably on, and if it isn’t, give me a minute. I’ve always believed some of the best conversations happen around a kitchen table. Not in boardrooms, not at conferences, and certainly not in meetings where somebody spends forty-five minutes explaining something that could’ve been said in five. At the kitchen […]
A reflection on the gap between what a policy promises and what people experience. The paperwork can be complete. The person can still be stuck. A policy can have all the right headings, a clear approval process, and a place for every signature. That doesn’t tell us whether it helps the person who needs it. […]
