If people realised how hard autistics have to work to connect, they’d understand… empathy is a two-way street.
Category: Blog
How do you know your interracial marriage will work?
When K and I decided to be together it turns out, looking back, neither one of us gave it a lot of thought…
How People With Autism Fake It
Recently, the mere anticipation of writing has resulted in instant mental paralysis, until this morning when I spilt an entire cup of coffee – the second in a fortnight. To put it succinctly, I lost my shit.
Making A Meal Of Ramadan
Is it just me or does Ramadan seem to get more air-time and column inches with every passing year?
An Apologist’s Apology
Instead of building intercultural bridges as I imagined, I was adding my bricks to the prisons so many are walled up in by their own communities…
The Coldest February Since Eighteen-Something
They said on the radio today this was the coldest February since eighteen-something. After a certain point cold is cold is cold.
Accepting Disability – A Work In Progress
I don’t need to take on the responsibility for changing other people’s misconceptions. Learning to be honest and authentic – standing in my own truth – is more important right now.
Leaving Islam – the greatest jihad?
Zealous muslim converts strike out for Syria in droves answering the Islamist call to jihad, but this one’s eyeing the back door…
Point & Shoot: Flash Freeze
I’m starting to think I should get my own map and ten minute slot as everything I post recently revolves around the weather, but it’s unavoidably the big story here in Canada right now. After a couple of years of unseasonably warm winters, this ‘mutha’ has left us reeling…
Point & Shoot: Polar Plunge
I skipped breakfast, grabbed my camera and jumped in the jeep. The Polar Plunge started at 11am and I knew from past experience a couple of minutes delay would mean missing the whole thing…