November 2011
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July 2010
2 posts
June 2010
3 posts
Tuna & Couscous Nicoise →
My first “clean eating” post on Chic Galleria is up. Now to find more recipes without sugar…or white flour…or butter?! Why did I decide to do this again?
May 2010
2 posts
April 2010
1 post
listening to "Slow Runner - Rainyface" →
How have I not heard this before?! Thanks to @smichm for sharing. I’m addicted.
March 2010
2 posts
listening to "Rufus Wainwright - California" →
It’s #MusicMonday and I’d like to be in California listening to Rufus Wainwright, but I’m at my desk in Belleville, so this will have to do.
My Galore-eous Life!: Newsletter: Month Seventeen →
Dear Hayden:
Two weeks ago, you turned 17 months old. Turns out they don’t have a greeting card for that particular milestone, so I just gave you a 75-cent box of Handy Manny valentines that were on clearance at the grocery store. Granted, Mr. Lopart no longer has a head in most of them, but…
November 2009
3 posts
Elevator Love Letter - Stars
I have no idea why I...
Making Children Cry is My Forte
I seem to have mastered the art of taking my son to inappropriate movies. Case in point: He spent 15 minutes with his face pressed into the back of his seat while watching A Christmas Carol tonight.
When he came up for air—quite literally gasping—after the scene in which Scrooge is confronted by his old pal Marley’s ghost, he says to me, “That was almost as bad as Where...
August 2009
9 posts
New Blog Location →
We didn’t expect to have it up so fast, but the new Streams of Hope blog is up and running! Keep in mind, it’s a work in progress. We need to complete the Bios section, add more original…
We're Moving! →
The Streams of Hope blog is getting a new home! We’re moving over to Wordpress this week, and we couldn’t be more excited. We’ll be taking our favourite posts from the past year, and giving them a…
Be the Change Challenge - Continued →
Engine’s Be the Change Challenge started a lot of dialogue on Twitter and Facebook about how non-profits can best utilize social media as a marketing tool. If you checked out yesterday’s post, then…
Be the Change Challenge →
Hey All! I need your help… Well, I don’t, but World Vision Canada does. I’ve decided to try an experiment with all this social media stuff. The details are at the Engine Room blog. It’s…
Happy World Humanitarian Day! →
What a phenomenal morning! First, it’s World Humanitarian Day (#WorldHumanitarianDay on Twitter), and people are motivated, engaged, and getting involved. I’m not going to make this post too…
Interview: Kevin McCort, President CARE Canada,... →
Kevin with a child in Kibera during celebrations for the “Day of the African Child.” ME: There’s been a lot of debate recently surrounding foreign aid. In your opinion, what does the…
Interview: Kevin McCort, President of CARE Canada →
What I enjoy about Kevin McCort, is that you can tell he genuinely loves his work. When someone’s passion shines through to that extent, I think we can all agree that’s when we get…
Africa: A Way Forward →
Brett Tilford is a web deisgner, blogger, speaker, husband, and father from Texas. A friend recommended Brett’s blog to me way back in April, and after reading his post, ‘The End of…
Callum Pinkney is Hot...For Social Justice →
We here at SOH have some of the coolest friends around! I’m really excited to share with you an interview I did with Callum Pinkney, Volunteer Social Media Coordinator (Extraordinare) at …
July 2009
11 posts
#30u30t Shorlist →
Hey Everyone! Just wanted to pass on some fun news. Our very own, @brynajones (plain old, Bryna, for those not on Twitter), and our official Twitter account @streamsofhope, have been…
Portrait of the Artist as a Young Woman
I’ve been tired lately. Really tired. Like, I-should-probably-go-to-a-doctor, tired. So tonight I decided eschew all forms of technology. I wasn’t going to text, facebook, twitter, blog, or call anyone. I was going to be like a monk in a cave in a mountain somewhere. I turned my cell phone off (I think I heard it sigh in relief). I was taking a vow of silence.
You must understand, to...
Mother Teresa of Agua Negra by Christal Earle →
I’m so fortunate to call our guest contributor, Christal Earle, both a colleague and a friend. Christal and her husband Vaden are the co-founders of Absolute Leadership…
Behind the Scenes →
Generating interesting, insightful, engaging blog content is a full time job. I admire people who are able to do so on a regular basis. I feel I’ve let you down in this respect, as I haven’t posted…
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Bryna and Twitter sittin' in a tree
I just saw a T-shirt that made me remember a thought I had yesterday. The shirt was by Threadless (props), and said, “In space no one can hear you tweet.” Here’s my thought from yesterday: “If a girl tweets in the forest, and no one reads that tweet, did she really tweet at all?” (Please note the philosophical similarities.)
This brings me to a point.
The point is...
Who is Eugene Cho? →
One of the things I like most about social media is the connections it allows us to make with people that inspire us. There are those, like Dave Toycen, who I’ve connected with because…
Throwing Up Words In the Toilet of Life
Sometimes I wish I didn’t take life so seriously. Don’t get me wrong, I have some semblance of a sense of humour (although it errs on the dry, British side). I do. I swear. But I digress. What I simply mean is that I wish I was one of those people who didn’t think quite so much.
The reason I’m constantly writing, blogging, talking and making you listen, is because I think...
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Wilde Decisions
More and more I have been questioning my own decision making prowess. This doesn’t mean to say that there is anything particularly “wrong” or “right” about my current life situation, it just means what I said: I’m questioning why I do what I do.
Oscar Wilde said, “I think that God, in creating man, somewhat overestimated his abilities.” I...
Interview with Dave Toycen, President of World... →
On Tuesday, SOH brought you the first of a two-part interview with the President of World Vision Canada, Dave Toycen. Today (as promised) we’re excited to bring you the…
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When I Grow Up
One of the first questions we ask most school-aged children is, “What do you want to be when you grow up?” Some kids have an answer right away: doctor, lawyer, punk rocker (that was mine circa 1987).
But there are those of us (my punk rocking aspirations died by 1988) who never seem to be able to answer this question. We throw out some standard answer to placate whatever adult is...
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“The future depends on what we do in the present” ~Mahatma Gandhi”