The second video reading from the book—on strength—is all about fluidity over bruce force, with public domain treasures that fit the words. Not muscle, but flow. That’s the way to life again, and I like thinking about that. I hope you do, too.

One week to the release of Notes for the Everlost! It’s a tender time. Treat me as you would a vinegar mother, one of those slime clumps of bacteria and fermentation brought on by the vinegar's boorishly predictable anxiety, nerves, and self-doubt.

I went into the crowsnest closet to record three pieces of audio that felt important. The first—Dandelions in Chernobyl—is about how time does her work on an exquisite scale, and the moment you realize she’s been doing that work all along.

Such a big day today—receiving the very first batch of finished copies of NOTES FOR THE EVERLOST, and heading towards the big launch day of September 18, 2018. Pre-order your copy now and if you’re local, come to our Lunenburg launch party!

Lexicon Books invites you to the launch of NOTES FOR THE EVERLOST: A FIELD GUIDE TO GRIEF at a gorgeous hundred-year old barn in Lunenburg, Nova Scotia. Further details here, or hop over to the event page on Facebook. See you there!

Karen Walrond and I had a fabulous conversation about everything that matters—the reinvention of life, the integration of pain, the nourishment of creative effort, and the importance of pivotal 'white space' moments. Have a listen!

The doctors put me to sleep and went into my belly quick-quick and lifted you out! And you were so little. The littlest! They put you in the incubator and baked you like a cookie until you were big enough to come home and eat toasted marshmallows.

I spoke at the TEDxHalifax event in March of this year. Seeing it all summed up like that—my worst and my best and all the threads that connect the two—is a teary-eyed, wonderful thing for me.