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Sometimes, I could not get out any words at all; that was a long time ago
/1 Comment/in Long Branch, Newsletter, Toronto/by Jaan PillFor many years, I was involved in community self-organizing on behalf of people who stutter. Years ago I formed a Toronto-based self-help group for people who stutter; our first meeting took place in September 1988 at the North York Central Library. That meeting, for which I had made plans for several months beforehand, led in […]
Last-minute notes as we get closer to Oct. 17 MCHS ’60s Reunion
/4 Comments/in MCHS 2015 Reunion, MCHS Stories, Newsletter, Toronto/by Jaan PillClick on the photos to enlarge them – including of the photos the salmon swimming and jumping; click again to enlarge them further Yearbook or age-17 or undergrad photos of Spouses/Guests To the extent it’s possible, we’d like to include yearbook (from whatever highs school) or age-17 or undergrad photos of Spouses/Guests. I’ve contacted a […]
Hurricane Hazel Talk – Thurs., Oct. 8, 2015 at Lambton House, 4066 Old Dundas St. (And a Jane’s Walk note.)
/0 Comments/in Jane's Walk, Newsletter, Toronto/by Jaan PillHurricane Hazel Night At Lambton House 4066 Old Dundas Street Here’s the poster: Oct. 8th 2015[2] [See the jpeg version of the file at the end of this message.] Thursday October 8th, 2015 Dan Sandink of the Institute for Catastrophic Loss Reduction At 7:30 PM Mr. Sandink will speak about Hurricane Hazel and Weather Now […]
The solution is located within the problem; the solution gives rise to another great problem
/0 Comments/in Newsletter, Toronto/by Jaan PillA July 25, 2015 article at the Canadian Stuttering Association website is entitled: Community Involvement and Stuttering. The text, based upon a draft that I wrote on the morning of July 24, 2015 while on vacation in Prince Edward Island, reads as follows: It all began with a problem. The problem was that, fifty years […]
October 24, 2015: Canadian Stuttering Association’s 2nd Annual One Day Conference Event in Toronto
/0 Comments/in Newsletter, Toronto/by Jaan PillThe following message (July 21, 2015), which I am pleased to share, is from Alexandra D’Agostino of the Canadian Stuttering Association (CSA): “Hey everyone! I am excited to present the Canadian Stuttering Association’s 2nd Annual One Day Conference Event in Toronto on October 24th 2015! This year we are offering a variety of workshops, presentations, […]
‘Top 25 Hottest Articles’ at ScienceDirect at the Journal of Fluency Disorders
/1 Comment/in Newsletter, Toronto/by Jaan PillThe ‘Top 25 Hottest Articles’ at ScienceDirect at the Journal of Fluency Disorders can be accessed here. I receive this list by email, a few times a year, because I have signed up some years ago to be on the subscription list. This kind of information is of interest in particular for people who stutter, […]
Share Your Stories & Learn More! Make note of these events on June 7 and 13, 2015 – and many more into September
/0 Comments/in Jane's Walk, Long Branch, Mississauga, Newsletter, Toronto/by Jaan PillThe Lakeshore Grounds Interpretive Centre has some great storytelling events lined up from June 7, 2015 into September 2015. Tara Mazurk, Curator of the L Space Gallery at Humber College, reports: “We have our first roundtable share-your-story on Sunday June 7th from 1:00 pm to 3:00 pm at Assembly Hall.” Click here to learn more […]
Kind words of encouragement make a huge difference
/0 Comments/in MCHS 2015 Reunion, Newsletter, Toronto/by Jaan PillIn a previous post I said I will follow up with a whole “high school essay” on the topic Dana Michaels has introduced. I’ve composed the essay in longhand, using pencil and paper. Thereupon, I’ve translated it into text using voice-to-text software. It took me a while to find the WAV file that I had […]
A Jane’s Walk is a walking conversation, or walking lecture, or starts as lecture, ends as conversation
/0 Comments/in Jane's Walk, Newsletter, Toronto/by Jaan PillA feature of the Jane’s Walk phenomenon, or movement, or whatever you wish to call it, is that not everyone knows what a Jane’s Walk is. I’m in that category. I don’t know precisely what a Jane’s Walk is. That’s something that I enjoy about the Jane’s Walk experience. This is my fourth year of […]