Category Archives: Community

Working on it

Posted on 2025-02-04 by CKirkby

So, about that silence. It’s been a rough time on the truth and love front. I plan to write more once I get my practice caught up to my theory; in the interim, I refer interested readers to my sources … Continue reading →

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Food

Posted on 2024-12-18 by CKirkby

This one touches on areas of trauma, so I’m not sending it to subscribers as a “newsletter.” If you want to opt-in to this post (which is also about community (and dystopia)), click through to the website. Maybe leave a comment. Check out a poem, even. Continue reading →

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Tiny travelogue

Posted on 2024-12-01 by CKirkby

The world has changed a lot since the last time I published a travelogue. The previous trip I wrote far too many words about was 10+ days long and involved airplanes and foreign languages. In comparison, this was just a … Continue reading →

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The future I’m building

Posted on 2024-11-25 by CKirkby

I’ve been trying to write for days but I’m all over the place in content and tone. What I keep coming back to is what I believe: that kindness and community are the only way through this mess. It’s hard … Continue reading →

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A successful minor campaign?

Posted on 2024-11-19 by CKirkby

In 2009, according to transaction records, I became interested in an organization called Kiva, which “uses crowdfunded microloans as a force for good, creating a space where people can have one-to-one impact, and together, expand financial access for all.” The … Continue reading →

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Time

Posted on 2024-11-03 by CKirkby

And you run, and you runTo catch up with the sun, but it’s sinkingAnd racing aroundTo come up behind you againThe sun is the same in a relative wayBut you’re olderShorter of breathAnd one day closer to death — Pink … Continue reading →

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The hope of seeds and gardens

Posted on 2024-10-25 by CKirkby

I’m sitting in the Centretown condo of my good friend Élizabeth Powles. Outside are signs of construction and autumn. Inside are her loudly purring cat and what she describes as a fuck-ton of common milkweed seeds. (I correctly guess the … Continue reading →

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Safe Spaces

Posted on 2024-10-13 by CKirkby

You’d think we’d want safe spaces for ourselves and others. It seems to me that should be universally aspirational, maybe even a government priority or a constitutional minimum or a biological imperative or something. Instead, people who ask and push … Continue reading →

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A Climate of Community

Posted on 2024-10-10 by CKirkby

A recurring theme in the news lately is capitalism-aggravated climate disasters that devastate people and regions. Capitalist governments are unwilling to mitigate climate disasters and unable to respond to the need caused. There is too much. Responders, care workers in … Continue reading →

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Little flickers of connection

Posted on 2024-07-09 by CKirkby

In which I talk my way into offices and onto tour buses, and learn things and don’t get murdered. Continue reading →

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