As an Indigenous person (albeit in Canada, where we celebrate Thanksgiving in October), I hold that holiday to be an occasion of potentiality. I consider, on that day, the vision of my Indigenous ancestors, who welcomed newcomers, taught them to survive, and (contrary to the propaganda) hosted the table and laid the feast, offering of the…
Month: November 2022
Humane, the Audio Book
Every year, the Book Publishers Association of Alberta selects a few titles for production as audiobooks by CNIB. I was honoured to have Humane chosen for this project.* Here’s a couple of links to where to buy the audiobook version. https://books.apple.com/ca/audiobook/humane/id1625391146 And on iBooks. Happy listening. I welcome reviews of my work. Meanwhile, edits progress…
At First Light
Here’s Toronto’s Exultate Choir performing a morning meditation of mine, set for choir by Mari Alice Conrad. Her setting received the Stephen Chatman Award for student composition this spring at Podium, Canada’s national choral symposium, when this video was recorded. Here’s the original post of At First Light, which I wrote in May 2020 as…
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