Author: Kirsten Neil
Bring poppies for a weary mind
Over the years, I have tried numerous times to grow bunches of poppies in the garden and they either die out or don't even come up in the first place. Except this one, a light [Read more]
Autumn, when every leaf is a flower
Don't you just love the colours of fall? For me, the beauty of this season makes the short transition from Manitoba's beautiful summers to harsh winters bearable. I'm [Read more]
Stan
So last January I made a simple resolution to start painting again. After 9 months of saying it, I have actually got off my butt and started doing it. Ah, procrastination, how [Read more]
The way forward
I just watched this video of the great Karen McGrane giving her keynote presentation at the CS Forum in London. Unfortunately, I wasn't there in person. Drat! She talks [Read more]
This time last year…
I was embarking on a month-long adventure to Europe. I so wanna go back. “One’s destination is never a place, but a new way of seeing things.” Henry [Read more]
Please say it ain’t over
But it is, or close to. Summer, you leave so quickly; faster and faster each year. Geesh, it's not a race buddy. Yesterday, my friend mentioned that it never fails, each [Read more]
Map it out!
Yesterday I spent my evening placing a new world map on cork board. The reason? I want to do that thing where you pinpoint all the places you've been and places you want to [Read more]
Go ahead, get fresh
Over the weekend, Chuck and I ate a bunch of fresh produce and home-baked goodies that we picked up at the St. Norbert Farmers Market. Wow, not only were the veggies juicy, [Read more]
Summertime, and the livin’ is easy
Ahh, summer, the best time of year; the days are long, the weather is warm, and taking time away from work is sublime. This year Chuck and I took holidays to go on a road [Read more]
Confab 2011
Last week I was in Minneapolis for Confab, the first content strategy conference brought to us by the super-kind people of Brain Traffic. For three days I listened-to and [Read more]
Stanley Park Totems
This is a watercolour of the Stanley Park totem poles that I painted for a good friend way back in the day. She had just moved back from B.C. and I wanted her to have a little [Read more]
Extreme doodling
Gorgeous pen and ink illustrations by Tokyo artist Sagaki Keita. Found here. You have to check out the rest of these images. Ah-mazing!
TED: When ideas have sex
Matt Ridley at TED talking about the meeting and mating of ideas. If you are having trouble playing the video, you can also find it here.
