A girl with a secret dream.
Hannah was one of the first people I met on the island. It took us a little while to get to know each other (I was still feeling pretty hermit-ey when we first met) but within a couple of months we’d bonded over a shared love of dance and lolcats, [...]

June 28
In keeping with my hope to spread this giving with strangers, my gift today was to a person who just appeared to need a little gift.  The Starbucks that I stop at in the morning is in a fairly suburban neighbourhood where the customers all seem like locals.  This might be why the person [...]

June 26
As the school year comes to a close, and I rejoin mainstream society, I feel the need to give in new, more creative, ways.  When I woke up today I wanted to make sure that I aimed my gift at a stranger.  I have yet to intentionally set out to give to a perfect [...]

Usually found: in my sketchbook or at my bench
Hometown: Charlottetown, PEI
Age: 27

Occupation: Jewellery designer/metalsmith and most recently the metals studio technician at the Nova Scotia Centre of Craft and Design ( I begin in September)
Tell us about your art: My work up to this point has been one-of-a-kind pieces. My work [...]

Once again, I am beginning an entry with an apology!  It it not so much that I have not been giving, but I have definitely not been writing about it.  I have an excuse, a good one, the school year has just ended and I am also a grad student with major assignments due!  Writing [...]

In many parts of the world, being female is seen as a burden, a curse, or a reason for abuse. It is hard to relate to the lives led by millions of women the world over. I have access to education, health-care, and a say in my future….

How do you get from Betty White to a bestseller? No, it’s not a question in Six Degrees of Kevin Bacon; it’s what I’m hoping to achieve through my Author Effect project on Facebook.

I think I need to start this entry with a sincere apology that I have not updated my giving all week. This time of year demands all of my attention at school with the added pressure of grad school—needless to say I am a little behind is all of it right now! I have been giving though and this is how it went:

Jessie is my 9 year-old Irish Setter and has been my faithful companion since the day I brought her little scrawny 10 week-old body home, and today she was the benefactor of my giving.

When giving is this fun, it hardly feels like giving at all; it makes me feel like I am taking more than I give but I think that might be the point of this whole challenge!