Tag Archives: honesty

I went to my high school grad with a car thief…

Posted on September 23, 2014 by fearlessanalyst

I went to my high school grad with a car thief by the name of Chick. I smile as I say this; this news might be a little startling to the friends I graduated with back then. On the other … Continue reading →

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Avoiding vulnerability – friendship lost + found

Posted on September 16, 2013 by fearlessanalyst

There is value in being open and vulnerable*, and a price to pay for avoiding it.  When I look back, ‘avoiding’ is what I was doing when I tried to cover up my imperfections, or tried to make a good … Continue reading →

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How much I would miss her…

Posted on January 5, 2013 by fearlessanalyst

It’s been a sad few months, more so in the past few weeks, watching a mysterious cancer rage through my friend’s body.  I have kept expecting her to get better – she’s always seemed so strong and tough.  So much … Continue reading →

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The sins of our “fathers”…

Posted on June 12, 2012 by fearlessanalyst

There we sat, in the café, a lot of Canadian history between us.  Her ancestors indigenous Canadian and holocaust survivors, mine ‘Scottish Presbyterian’ and English settlers who imposed themselves on land that may never have belonged to them. If my … Continue reading →

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Sensing…

Posted on June 2, 2012 by fearlessanalyst

Starting with silence. Let us not fill up the air between us With nouns and verbs and adjectival phrases Trying to build a bridge, Trying to touch. Let us simply sense, What there is to sense. Even A potential sigh. … Continue reading →

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Openness = vulnerability?

Posted on April 13, 2012 by fearlessanalyst

They say that if you want to be an interesting writer, you have to be ready to bare your soul. Forget about hiding in the bushes as usual – no, here above all, you have to write at the most … Continue reading →

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