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Apr 21 min read

This Autism Awareness Month… be aware of … me?

It’s autism awareness month. Please be aware … of me? Autistic people are as common as redheads and green eyes. Rare, but not as rare as...

Jan 41 min read

Is Québec "Latin America"?

As people from various cultures and locations and languages interact with one another, a common shock is that the same term can be...

Dec 25, 20238 min read

Relentless Homophobic Bullies Do Not Care About Sexual Morality

I don't want to talk about bullies on Christmas. But bullies don't take holidays, so here we go. I accept, as a statistical...

Jun 27, 20213 min read

How to be Autistic for 37 Years Without Knowing It: Ch. 1. The Boston Accent

I'll be publishing some short blogs about discovering one's own autism in adulthood and what comes next. Here's the first post. It...

Dec 27, 20155 min read

Knowledge, wonder, and what did Mary know?

As Christmastime wraps up, many of us going through the simultaneous sad pangs of letting go of our favourite Christmas songs for another...

Dec 23, 20155 min read

A Mixed-Feeling Christmas

I wish you a Merry Christmas. But on this Christmas Eve Eve, before the tidal wave of culturally and liturgically mandatory joy sweeps...

Dec 22, 20154 min read

So an elder, rabbi, imam, and pastor…

Photo by Jason Pickering This picture, taken by Jason Pickering, is the most popular picture I have ever posted to Facebook. I even have...

Jul 6, 20157 min read

Tell me, what is it you plan to do?

I spent last Thursday morning revisiting the holy sites of my childhood and adolescence. I spent my high school years in the coastal...

Jul 9, 20003 min read

Colby Hewitt Lane

Colby Hewitt Lane is a small little road off of Careswell Street (Route 139), a busy main road in my town. I pass by the lane usually...