There are a lot of things I could get pissed off about (say no to the speedo!), but I think other people have those conversations under control, and there are some things I just want to celebrate. A Tribe Called Red If you haven’t yet downloaded A Tribe Called Red’s Read more
I am a huge language geek. As in, I’m a little obsessed with language and how it relates to culture, to identity, to understanding the world around you. If you speak another language, or have even tried to learn another language, you realize pretty early on that although you might Read more
Living in an urban setting is incredibly stressful for me sometimes. It is noisy. It is big. It smells. I am surrounded by people who do not know me, who do not know my family, who are strangers with no connections to myself or my home community. I sometimes feel Read more
Last year I stumbled across a blog devoted to Plains Cree, written by a linguist who I’m ashamed to admit, manages to even out-geek me in the love-of-language department. It was actually his blog that inspired me to start writing one of my own, though now mine has spiralled out Read more
Today, I’d like to present to you something a little different; an interview of sorts. A while ago, a comment on one of my blog posts really caught my attention. In it, a mother was describing an experience her young daughter had at school, and that brief description had such Read more