by The Mane Intent | Mar 24, 2017 | Muse from The Round Pen
“Anxiety and joy can’t go together.” – Todd Lucier, Northern Edge Algonquin “Scarlet Monster Lives Here” is a book that I loved to read to our daughters when they were young. Written by Marjorie Weirman Sharmat and illustrated by Dennis Kendrick, it is the...
by The Mane Intent | Mar 13, 2017 | Muse from The Round Pen
“Life itself is the most wonderful fairy tale.” — Hans Christian Andersen “I don’t need the prince, but I will keep the horse.” That’s what my favorite postcard on my room door says. I arrive at The Mane Intent and who do I meet? A prince. He’s...
by The Mane Intent | Mar 2, 2017 | Muse from The Round Pen
“Of all the books in the world, the best stories are found between the pages of a passport.” – Saber Ben Hassen I touched Canadian ground for the first time in the summer of 2013. The first story in my passport is four weeks long. It’s the...
by The Mane Intent | Jan 17, 2017 | Muse from The Round Pen
As a young woman in university, I became tangled up in a relationship with another student that could have escalated to violence. He was fun and popular. My self-esteem was low. I was exposed to public humiliation and controlling behaviour that began to escalate...
by The Mane Intent | Jan 11, 2017 | Muse from The Round Pen
When community calls for support, do you heed the call? Stephen Kylie does. Lawyer and community advocate Stephen Kylie was awarded the 2016 Business Citizen of the Year at the Greater Peterborough Chamber of Commerce’s annual Business Excellence Awards last...
by The Mane Intent | Jan 9, 2017 | Muse from The Round Pen
“Our deepest fear is not that we are inadequate. Our deepest fear is that we are powerful beyond measure. It is our light, not our darkness that most frightens us. We ask ourselves, Who am I to be brilliant, gorgeous, talented, fabulous? Actually, who are you not to...
