Peaceful Wolverine Welcome to the den
RSS FeedI'm Gordon Edgar, and this is where I write for myself — daily thoughts, short stories, reflections, the odd poem, and the misadventures of the Wolverine and the Badger. No schedule and no single subject, which is rather the point. Have a look around.
Recent Posts
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Backwards thinking and identity
We say we did a thing because of what we are. The doing came first; the story came after. On identity, false certainty, and the feeling that something outside us has a plan.
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The limitations of being mentally disordered
On the grammar of "my anxiety won't let me," why a diagnosis is a membership card and not a tenant, and the one lever that is actually yours.
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Greet people (kind of) like your dog does
On the myth of the inner child, performative adulthood, and a lesson worth taking from dogs — just the one.
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The math of politics: Why your party has already counted you
A guaranteed vote is a constant, not a signal. Four Canadian cases -- Minden, Lumsden-Morse, the West Island, and north Winnipeg -- on why parties respond to the votes that could move and price the rest at zero.