Category: thoughts

• Toronto Tuesdays: Kari Maaren

  I can’t remember exactly when I met Kari — it was most likely at a TorKidLit meet up — but she has become one of my favourite people on the planet. There are so many things to love about her, but one of the things I love most is her sense of humour — she’s […]

  claudiaosmond

  May 24, 2022

  art, interview, thoughts

  author, comics, creativity, Kari Maaren, kidlit, music, Toronto Tuesdays, writing

• Things You Don’t Have to Be Sorry For

  🌓 Have you ever felt silenced? Invisible? Small? That your thoughts and opinions didn’t matter? That what you were feeling was embarrassing? Have you ever started a sentence with, “I’m sorry …” (to bother you/take up your time/for being emotional/I’ll just be a minute …?) Who told you your time isn’t as valuable? your thoughts […]

  claudiaosmond

  April 28, 2021

  thoughts

  take up space, voice, worth

• Wonderful Magic in Unknown Places

  And today, the mortician’s daughter is (finally!) on submission. Writing — never mind publishing — is a long, often difficult journey, mostly endured in solitude. The fear and grief and now languishing of Covid has made it that much more difficult for many people to create, but I do take some solace in remembering how […]

  claudiaosmond

  April 25, 2021

  thoughts

  creativity, languishing, writing