Journal

Things I keep thinking about.

The Fire That Was Missing a Voice

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 […]

Welcome to My Kitchen Table

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 […]