From Make & Meaning: We Were Here
This post was originally published on the now-retired Make & Meaning blog on February 26th, 2010. It’s not very topical now, five months after the Olympics, but I wanted to save this post in a […]
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From Make & Meaning: Fostering Community
This post was originally published on the now-retired Make & Meaning blog on January 30th, 2010. It’s not very topical now, five months after the Olympics, but I wanted to save this post in a […]
Back to Our Regularly Scheduled Making Stuff
Okay, okay, the Olympics are over.* To prove to you I did stuff other than walk around town talking to strangers and screaming my head off about sports, behold: I made some stuff, too. And […]
This is my home.
I’ve spent much of this afternoon trying to write about the Olympics – not in the I-was-there way I’ve been doing, but to sum up my emotional experience of the Games. I can’t do it. […]
A Weekend in Whistler During the Olympics
We headed into the mountains last weekend to catch a couple of events at Whistler. The town of Whistler is designated a “resort municipality”, which means it’s a resort first and foremost. The centre of […]
Win a Hank of Olympics Medal Yarn
UPDATE 18th February: A winner has won! Please continue to leave your thoughts about the Olympics in the comments, but note that the contest has ended. Thank you so much for participating! — I’m driving […]
When the Torch Came to Town
Where Vanoc (the Vancouver [Olympics] Organizing Committee) has done an utterly terrible job of engaging the people of Vancouver leading up to the Olympics, there is one thing that’s made people feel included and excited: […]
Welcome to Vancouver, World
When Vancouver was awarded the 2010 Olympics, I was a recent immigrant to Canada. I sat in the barely half-full stadium for the live announcement, and when it came I felt my first feeling of […]
