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June 2014 - Nisha Coleman
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Example of a Postcard Written by a Geriatric Rookie Tree Planter. Things here are good and getting steadily better. Being a rookie tree planter is like buying an instrument and joining an orchestra without knowing how to play. You learn as you go. And I’m getting faster, more efficient. Tree planting is really tough, but the other night I had a dream that the season ended early and I was sincerely disappointed. So maybe it’s not so bad after all, eh? I grew up in a swamp. I know black flies. I kn...Indoo...
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July 2015 - Nisha Coleman
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I'll be telling a story at Risk! Saturday, August 06, 8:00 PM. BUSKER: The Interactive Website. Mosquitoes are Smart. Black flies are Dumb. Both are Terrible. I grew up in a swamp. I know black flies. I know mosquitoes. But tree planting has allowed for an involved, on-site research opport. Day Three in the Life of a Rookie Geriatric Tree Planter. Become aware of the 5:45 alarm sounding. Turn over in your sleeping bag once, twice. Listen to your crewmembers slither,. A Never Ending Story.
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May 2014 - Nisha Coleman
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It ain't so Bad: Words from the Woods. Since my most recent post. I have received many thoughtful but genuinely concerned messages. So I’m here to tell you that there are some great things about tree planting too! You can eat anything you want! I never pause to consider the calorie content. And I haven’t gained a pound. Tree planting is the ticket for an all-and-anything-you-can-eat lifestyle. Save on gym memberships! Tree planting will tone every muscle you have, for free! Save $ on alcohol! With extrem...
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Confessions of a Lazy Vegan - Nisha Coleman
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Confessions of a Lazy Vegan. When I have to describe myself, lazy is not an adjective that typically comes to the top of my list. Unless, of course, we're talking about cooking. In the kitchen, I am a hopeless case. I eat combinations I am embarrassed to describe, let alone serve to others. Alone, a perfectly acceptable dinner might be a bowl of cereal, a flabby carrot, a handful of olives and an apple. Not exactly something you would serve at a dinner party. Yes, that is a plain bowl of lettuce. I decid...
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Projects - Nisha Coleman
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BUSKER: STORIES FROM THE STREETS OF PARIS. A mosaic of gypsies, homeless people, other buskers and random strangers, Busker tells a tale of personal hardship and unrequited love, as well as of ultimate triumph - through music and fortitude. This is the moving story of a young woman who went to Paris for love and found her life.". SELF-EXILE - One-person storytelling show. THINGS DRUGS TAUGHT ME. The Meeting of the Animals. I'll be telling a story at Risk! Saturday, August 06, 8:00 PM. After age 30 or so,...
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July 2014 - Nisha Coleman
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Adventures in a 1990 V40 Volvo: An Exercise in Reframing. It was July 16, and I woke up with that signature tingle that marks the anniversary of one's first breath. The plan for the day was simple. My roommate Danika and I were to drive from Williams Lake, where we had been tree planting, to Kamloops, where we would resume planting. Her vehicle? A 1990 burgundy V40 Volvo called Victor. We were two thirds of the way to our destination when the engine suddenly lost power. We waited on the side of the dusty...
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December 2014 - Nisha Coleman
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On October 22, 2014, a man with mental illness shot and killed a Canadian soldier at the Canadian War Museum in Ottawa. This attack set in motion a variety of serious discussions. "Terrorism" was number one on the Conservative's table of discourse. How convenient that they were on that very day about to release a bill that would expand the powers of the Canadian Security Intelligence Service. And this wa. S amidst the ongoing controversy over the activities of the CSEC. Assacre upon us, our government.
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August 2014 - Nisha Coleman
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It's Over: Reflections of a Rookie Geriatric Tree Planter. After age 30 or so, most people stop doing things they are bad at. They also tend to stop trying new things for the simple reason that trying something new requires that you pass through a time when you suck, and sucking at something isn't fun. It didn't seem possible. But it had to be. They were doing it; I had to as well. And before long, the unthinkable became normal. All nice land is alike. Each shitty land is shitty in its own way. I grew up...
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The Unfortunate Incident with the Hash Cupcake - Nisha Coleman
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The Unfortunate Incident with the Hash Cupcake. To be fair, I knew there was hash in the cupcake. But I was just so hungry. And also curious. My boyfriend and his best friend (let's call him Luke) peered at me through their safety goggles. "Hey! They grinned. "Check it out! We're making hash cupcakes.". Of course I wondered where the mother load of pot had come from, how they knew how to make hash (pre-Google! Here," Luke put a huge chocolate cupcake in my hand. There was a lot. I put my head down on the...
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Photos - Nisha Coleman
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Self-Exile - November, 2015. BUSKER, Book Launch - November, 2015. Things Drugs Taught Me. I'll be telling a story at Risk! Saturday, August 06, 8:00 PM. BUSKER: The Interactive Website. Mosquitoes are Smart. Black flies are Dumb. Both are Terrible. I grew up in a swamp. I know black flies. I know mosquitoes. But tree planting has allowed for an involved, on-site research opport. Day Three in the Life of a Rookie Geriatric Tree Planter. Adventures in a 1990 V40 Volvo: An Exercise in Reframing.
