Category: Random

Me talkin to myself

  • In 2013, five teenagers and one adult, members of the Cree Nation living near Hudson Bay, began a walk to Ottawa, the capital of Canada, to draw attention to broken treaties while fostering unity among the first nations. By the time they reached Ottawa, 68 days later, there were 270 walkers and they were greeted…

  • There’s something about the routine “Alchemy,” that satisfies. Dancing it this morning before a busy feast day gets underway, I was struck by its combination of powerful and yet deeply feminine moves. I’ve written so much about the feelings that come up for me while dancing. Today, especially toward the end during the steps to…

  • Celebrating Emily King, who last summer broke a world record set in 1989 in the one-foot high kick at the World Eskimo-Indian Olympics last July. What she did is kind of stunning: Standing on one foot, she leaps up and kicks a sealskin ball with that same foot then lands on that same foot. The…