Sep 3
Swimming above water
Water has been a paradoxical sensory space for me my whole life. I was raised in a water-loving family, near a beach, with grandparents...
Apr 2
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 4
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, 2023
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...
Nov 18, 2023
Birthrights and Unjust Inheritances
Text as prepared for delivery at Temple Emanu-El-Beth Sholom, Westmount, Québec. We are people who call some of the same books and...
Sep 22, 2022
Damsel, I say unto thee, arise.
In Montréal Museum of Fine Arts is a large 19th-century painting by the Austrian artist Gabriel Max, The Raising of Jairus' Daughter. As...
Jul 8, 2021
How to be Autistic for 37 Years Without Knowing It: Ch. 2. It's All in Your Head
I'll be publishing some short blogs about discovering one's own autism in adulthood and what comes next. This is part 2. (Read Part 1...
Jun 27, 2021
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...
Mar 30, 2021
Matthew Chapter 2, Part 1
After little itty bitty perfect baby Jesus was born in the little town of Bethlehem, which means House of Bread, in the region called...
Mar 16, 2021
Genesis Chapter 2
So, yeah, the whole universe was complete. The sum totality of all energy and matter, and anti-matter and dark matter and we don’t even...