Since the year 2012 felt like it sucked in a lot of ways for me, I thought it might be helpful to remind myself of the real accomplishments and joyful moments. So here are my twelve personal highlights of 2012. <\/p>\n
– Publishing “Circles of Meaning, Labyrinths of Fear<\/a>“, my longest and perhaps most eclectic and practical of my nonfiction books. Filming a promo video for it with Nadiya Shah<\/a>.<\/p>\n – Visiting Nova Scotia, where I got to know my sister’s children a bit better, and attended AEGIS Fest<\/a>, and made lots of music with Mj.<\/p>\n – Attending the Western Gate Samhain Festival<\/a> in Kelowna, BC, and meeting some truly wonderful new friends, and also reconciling with another older friend.<\/p>\n – Publishing Fellwater<\/a>, and then writing and publishing Hallowstone<\/a>, my first ventures into nonfiction since I was a drama student at Guelph.<\/p>\n – Successfully raising almost $17,000 via Kickstarter to write “Clear and Present Thinking<\/a>“, a college textbook on logic and critical thinking.<\/p>\n – Participating in the Burning of the King ceremony at HarvestFest<\/a>.<\/p>\n – Covering 1,000 kilometres in the Gatineau Hills National Park<\/a>, by walking the trails and paths every day for six months.<\/p>\n – Performing a concert with Greg Currie (again) and Ja Sonier at Hamilton PPD<\/a>.<\/p>\n – Publishing “Iron Age ~ Council of the Clans<\/a>“, a tabletop political strategy game which began as an exercise for my Social Justice students, and turned into something much bigger.<\/p>\n – Performing a concert with Greg Currie, Rikki LaCoste, Jennifer Robert, and J.D. Hobbes at Toronto Gaia Gathering<\/a>. Also the pub night which followed, where I learned I have a twin living in Winnipeg.<\/p>\n – A relationship with a very interesting, very beautiful person, who I shall not name (she knows who she is), but which was, alas, all too brief. A bittersweet highlight, so it is.<\/p>\n – Visiting London, Toronto, and Elora for Yule and Christmas: a highlight of 2012 that is yet to come!<\/p>\n And what are some of your 2012 highlights?<\/strong> \ud83d\ude42<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Since the year 2012 felt like it sucked in a lot of ways for me, I thought it might be helpful to remind myself of the real accomplishments and joyful moments. So here are my twelve personal highlights of 2012. … Continue reading