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The Found Treasure

Jamie Bell April 12, 2025

Unearth secrets through found artifacts, creating intimate, realistic narratives that captivate readers.

Volunteerism: From Traditional Structures to Grassroots Action Building Stronger Communities with Grassroots Volunteerism: Local initiatives like care pods and mutual aid networks are fostering deep connections and reimagining how we give back.

Building Stronger Communities with Grassroots Volunteerism: Local initiatives like care pods and mutual aid networks are fostering deep connections and reimagining how we give back.

Volunteerism: From Traditional Structures to Grassroots Action

Digital Salvage April 12, 2025

Building Stronger Communities with Grassroots Volunteerism: Local initiatives like care pods and mutual aid networks are fostering...

After the Bark The tree dreams in textures now. Bark has been replaced by memory. Weathered lines recall the touch of wind, the breath of moss, the quiet tension between collapse and stillness. This is not death, but the long, slow rehearsal for return — to soil, to silence, to something shapeless yet whole.

The tree dreams in textures now. Bark has been replaced by memory. Weathered lines recall the touch of wind, the breath of moss, the quiet tension between collapse and stillness. This is not death, but the long, slow rehearsal for return — to soil, to silence, to something shapeless yet whole.

After the Bark

Tony Eetak April 11, 2025

The tree dreams in textures now. Bark has been replaced by memory. Weathered lines recall the touch...

Manitoba Wild Rice Risotto with Sautéed Mushrooms and Truffle Oil For this week's AI Food Prompt series recipe and image, we present a luxurious Manitoba wild rice risotto, combined with sautéed mushrooms and finished with a hint of truffle oil.

For this week's AI Food Prompt series recipe and image, we present a luxurious Manitoba wild rice risotto, combined with sautéed mushrooms and finished with a hint of truffle oil.

Manitoba Wild Rice Risotto with Sautéed Mushrooms and Truffle Oil

Tony Eetak April 11, 2025

Indulge in this week’s AI Food Prompt Friday recipe and image with Manitoba wild rice risotto and...

Showcasing the Impact of Self-Initiated Community Projects Self-initiated projects, from grassroots zines to cultural festivals, have the power to reshape communities. These bottom-up efforts address local needs, foster creativity, and build stronger bonds. Discover the role of micro-grants and community incubators in turning passion into lasting impact.

Self-initiated projects, from grassroots zines to cultural festivals, have the power to reshape communities. These bottom-up efforts address local needs, foster creativity, and build stronger bonds. Discover the role of micro-grants and community incubators in turning passion into lasting impact.

Showcasing the Impact of Self-Initiated Community Projects

Jamie Bell April 10, 2025

From independent zines to local festivals and skill-sharing workshops, grassroots community projects fuel connection and creativity.

Waiting at the Water’s Edge Mud pulls at your feet, the river hums under closed bridges, and the air thickens with thawed-out memory. Between branches and broken trails, a stillness opens—where water dreams upward, steel waits without speaking, and the season writes itself in soft collisions.

Mud pulls at your feet, the river hums under closed bridges, and the air thickens with thawed-out memory. Between branches and broken trails, a stillness opens—where water dreams upward, steel waits without speaking, and the season writes itself in soft collisions.

Waiting at the Water’s Edge

Tony Eetak April 9, 2025

In spring, the river swells with memory. Ice pulls back, revealing thick ribbons of mud and trails...

The Bison

Among bare branches and snow-laced silence, the book-buffalo waits—pages frozen in time, wisdom stacked into muscle and memory. It is not sculpture, but spellwork. It holds what we forgot we carried: story, survival, and the soft hoofbeats of future paths.

The Bison

Tony Eetak April 9, 2025

Tucked into the natural paths at The Forks, Education is the New Bison emerges like a quiet monument.

The Quiet Rows Empty seats in a lecture hall echo with memory—fragments of thought, laughter, doubt, discovery. Education isn’t confined to presence; it resonates in absence. These still rows are archives of energy, holding the quiet hum of voices that changed everything. Most of us never make it here.

Empty seats in a lecture hall echo with memory—fragments of thought, laughter, doubt, discovery. Education isn’t confined to presence; it resonates in absence. These still rows are archives of energy, holding the quiet hum of voices that changed everything. Most of us never make it here.

The Quiet Rows

Tony Eetak April 9, 2025

At the University of Winnipeg, that idea lives in the space itself. It’s not just a school;...

Playground In Winnipeg’s playgrounds, metal tipis rise like echoes of old songs, catching sky in their spines. These are not structures but spells—frames for imagined fires and stories unspoken. Here, laughter roots in the dust, spiraling upward. Memory plays barefoot, circling the sacred geometry where past and future quietly braid. Photo: Jamie Bell

Playground

Jamie Bell April 9, 2025

The playgrounds and gathering spaces at The Forks are layered with meaning—designed not just for function, but...

Carved in Stone Winnipeg’s stonework hums in chisel tongues—glyphs of frostbitten dreams etched in sediment and soot. Faces emerge, not seen but sensed, eroded into myth by wind and waiting. Carvings press silence into permanence, where granite listens and limestone weeps. Each groove a memory. Each building, a slow exhale of forgotten hands.