Lately I’ve been using this saying a lot:

How many times have we seen that, eh? People get control of something, find “liberation” only to lock themselves back into the very cells from which they freed themselves. It happens in organizations, families, communities, and even in the relatively geological timescales of countries that begin in revolution against despotism only to end up back there again as much as, say, 200 odd years later.

Just flying between facilitation gigs. Vancouver Island one day, Ottawa the next with just a breath to catch at home. While I’m here I caught some changes to Michael Herman’s project at the Giving Market. He has created sCNN – The small Change News Network:

Go visit there and help him build it.

I received an email from Galen Scorer today through his sister Tiffany, a friend of mine. Galen is putting together a project in Toronto that the blogosphere should know about:

If you want to help him build the impossible sky – what an invitation! – learn more at
the project website. Or email him at impossiblesky@galen.ca.

I always say this when he finds a quote that resonates with me.

Good old whiskey river:

WR has been on a bit of a “quotes about writing” tear at the moment. It’s worth perusing his recent entries if that sort of thing interests you.

I always say this when he finds a quote that resonates with me.

Good old whiskey river:

WR has been on a bit of a “quotes about writing” tear at the moment. It’s worth perusing his recent entries if that sort of thing interests you.