Aha!
Ahas!—those sometimes little, sometimes big jolts of surprise, realization, and joy that come with a new discovery—I gotta love em! I had […]
Author: Annie
Hi, I’m Annie Gyg. I’m drawn to write because one of the things that I find most fulfilling is sharing my life experiences and thoughts in the hope that some little snippit from my bountiful collection of mess ups and peculiar thought processing may actually help someone somewhere actualize their real, unencumbered self—as so many writers have done for me. You—authentic and unfettered—are best positioned to make a positive difference in a world desperately begging for change.
There’s a hole in the bucket dear Liza: Why technology alone can’t save us from ourselves
I recently watched a thought-provoking 2020 TED Talk called “The Promise of Quantum Computers”. The speaker, Matt Langione, a marketer of research-intensive, […]
The Great Reset – MAKE IT PERSONAL
In November 2020—as the second Covid wave was swelling in Canada—I had an enlightening phone conversation with my sister who expressed keen […]
So, you’re not feeling appreciated or recognized
How is it that a single sentence in a book about a group of dogs granted human consciousness and language by a […]
Sudoku: the game of life
I swear it was Sudoku that held me together mentally and emotionally at a time when I was incredibly fragile. Literally, it […]
Phantom Emotion Syndrome: messages from a good ghost
I’ve been haunted by phantoms three times quite recently. They weren’t horror-movie ghosts. They weren’t figments of my imagination. They were emotions […]
Standing on the fringe: no longer a place of not belonging
I’m standing with my toes curling into the now cold sand. Stars are multiplying in the deepening dusk. Behind me, small waves […]
Stop acting your age
One of the most harmful admonishments has to be: “Act your age!” Who, exactly, gets to say how anyone is supposed to […]
Friends: mirrors and shadows
Dedicated to my Deerhurst friends. It’s taken me a lot of years to appreciate the adage: a friend is your mirror and […]
Saving Cece
Cece, short for Cecilia, is my granddaughter, two years old at the time of this writing. She’s the most beautiful, intelligent, disarming […]