Practical traction after a hard hit—field notes and tools for rebuilding without performative positivity
Some stories cannot be fully told while they are still moving through the machinery of consequences. That does not mean the work stops. It means the work has to become cleaner. Reader’s Moment Maybe you are carrying a story you cannot fully explain in public. Maybe there are legal reasons. Maybe there are employment reasons. … Continue reading Legal Silence as a Creative Discipline
Hey there, Standing on the Ledge. And hey there, Unplugged Pagans. This one belongs to both circles, because it sits in the doorway between them. The paperwork name and the inner fire name. Kevin and Lugh. The question is simple enough on the surface: How does a person live as both without turning either one … Continue reading Kevin and Lugh: Integration Without Performance
There is a mistake people make when they talk about the Great Depression. They speak as if it began with one event. The stock market crashed, and then everything fell apart. That is the simple version. It is also the dangerous version. The Great Depression did not begin with one bad day on Wall Street. … Continue reading Before the Fall: What the Road to the Great Depression Can Teach Us Now
A follow-up to “Months Later, Still Standing,” “Grand Resets,” “The Kid With the Kleenex,” “Broken, Still Trying,” “Our Story from Day 1 Until This Moment,” and “A Working Name for a Working Moment.” Reader’s Moment: You look back at the trail behind you, and for the first time, it does not only look like wreckage. … Continue reading What the Archive Proved
Hey there, Standing on the Ledge, how are we all this morning? I was not sure at first whether this belonged here or over at Unplugged Pagan, but the more I sat with it, the more I realized this is a Standing on the Ledge post. Because this is not just about an airplane. It … Continue reading Make it Fly: The Avro Arrow, The Canadian Dream, and Why it still Matters
Hey there, Standing on the Ledge. How are y’all today? Today I want to talk about something that sits in the dark corners of commercial cleaning in Canada, and too often stays there because the floors still get done, the garbage still gets emptied, and the building still looks clean enough for the people upstairs … Continue reading What Gets Hidden in the Shine
Hey there, Standing on the Ledge. How are y’all today? Today I want to talk plain about something I know from the inside and something Canada’s own numbers keep backing up from the outside. The commercial cleaning industry in this country has a hard truth sitting at its centre: too many people want clean, safe, … Continue reading What Is Wrong With the Commercial Cleaning Industry in Canada? Plenty
Hey there, Standing on the Ledge — ledge walkers, rebuilders from the rubble. Today: no tools. No lenses. No horoscope. No astrology. No deep dive. Today we’re just going to have a good day. Lupercalia, Valentine’s, and the mid-February “turn” So here’s a fun little thread in the tapestry: In ancient Rome, mid-February had a … Continue reading Embracing Mid-February: Rebuilding from Life’s Rubble
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