Jody Aberdeen·Mar 25, 2023On Waiting for the Dundas LotteryIt’s funny: in 2018, I wrote this unstructured thinkpiece about little Dundas, Ontario, and now, five years later, I’m living there, here.
Jody Aberdeen·Feb 12, 2023On Political Alignment as a “Verb”Honestly, I need to get back into the habit of using my Medium blog, if only for unresearched thought dumps.
Jody Aberdeen·Mar 4, 2022A Moment of Liminal StillnessThese past few weeks — though they seem to have stopped lately — I’ve been having these dreams of being in a hotel room that I had come to…
Jody Aberdeen·Feb 3, 2022Seeing the Sunlight on Parked CarsThe older I get, the less time I find I have for abstractions.
Jody Aberdeen·Jan 16, 2022Effervescence: Fueled by GratitudeNote: This is a copy of the blog I submitted to the Hamilton HIVE network to promote the 2022 STEEL Conference.
Jody Aberdeen·Jan 7, 2022Are We Actually Nostalgic for 2020?There’s a peculiar thing in the air right now in my tiny corner of Ontario, Canada, just a couple of days into the new lockdown.
Jody Aberdeen·Jan 5, 2022Making Sense of Stuff During Ontario’s 2022 Pseudo-LockdownMy brain’s been mush all week and it’s barely been half a day since Ontario’s latest step in the Pandemic Containment Rumba started.
Jody Aberdeen·Jan 4, 20222022 and Our Relationship with the Unknown and UnknowableOutside, it’s sub-zero and sunny as I start this. A New Year’s Day snowfall has left my little town looking more like it should at this…
Jody Aberdeen·Dec 21, 2021The Millennial Generational MissionMillennials started turning 40 in 2020, just in time for the COVID-19 Pandemic. (It figures).
Jody Aberdeen·Jul 19, 2021Review: “RoadRunner” Shatters Everything We’ve Projected Onto Anthony Bourdain*SPOILERS AHEAD*