Category Archives: Relationships and Behaviour

Thoughts on what we do and why – men and women, parents and children, friends and strangers.

No, No, It’s Fine. Really.

Posted on 03 December 2017 by Isabel Gibson

Of course I’m OK to do it all. Continue reading →

Posted in Laughing Frequently, Management and Work, Relationships and Behaviour | Tagged | 10 Comments

Whirling Dervish

Posted on 10 September 2017 by Isabel Gibson

Irma and me. Continue reading →

Posted in Feeling Clearly, New Perspectives, Relationships and Behaviour | Tagged | 8 Comments

Umm, No

Posted on 03 September 2017 by Isabel Gibson

In praise of free speech and free ignoring. Continue reading →

Posted in Feeling Clearly, Politics and Policy, Relationships and Behaviour, Thinking Broadly | Tagged | 10 Comments

A Conversation with Tammy Wynette

Posted on 21 June 2015 by Isabel Gibson

Miss Wynette? Come in please. I’m the new lyrics editor here at Epic Studios. I have a few questions about your latest song. If it’s all right with you, I think we should just go through it together, line by … Continue reading →

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Not Yet 60

Posted on 02 November 2014 by Isabel Gibson

The mid-afternoon autumnal light slanting across the parking lot warms the day and lifts my heart, an involuntary response to something in the quality of the light. The air has a crispness we don’t get in the heat of summer. … Continue reading →

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Sayin’ Somethin’ Stupid

Posted on 03 August 2014 by Isabel Gibson

An encounter with a gracious Glaswegian and a comment remembered from a decades-old sexual assault case in Edmonton come together to remind me that I can always choose how I respond, both to silly comments and to egregiously offensive ones. … Continue reading →

Posted in Relationships and Behaviour, Thinking Broadly | Tagged | 8 Comments

Devoutly To be Wish’d

Posted on 29 June 2014 by Isabel Gibson

Dealing with strangers on the phone elicits an array of non-reactions and helpful reactions (Yay!) and suspicious, hostile, downright irritating reactions (Boo!).   All that information is on the website. Ouch. It’s not the words, it’s the tone. Biting. Impatient. … Continue reading →

Posted in Relationships and Behaviour, Thinking Broadly | Tagged | 6 Comments

Coming to Terms

Posted on 08 June 2014 by Isabel Gibson

Teasing apart the hairball of issues jumbled together in the school dress code issue and its news coverage.   Do you think I look like a hooker? Wearing knee-high boots, a super short skirt, and a tight, low-cut top, the … Continue reading →

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Nuts, Trees, and Falling Distances

Posted on 12 May 2013 by Isabel Gibson

A taste for Latin jokes – who knew it was coded in the genes? What’re you drinking? The “How the hell are ya?” greetings done, the bartender gets down to business with his patron — newly arrived but clearly not … Continue reading →

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