The last tomatoes of the season are hanging on the vine in my container garden. I have to admit it has …

Mary in front of Notre Dame, Paris, 2013. It’s been a cold, wet summer here in Ontario but us canners are …

Pascal and I just finished our Spring teaching at Ryerson. In April we quickly wrap up the winter semester and plunge directly …

The nausea washed over me just before I clicked the “publish” button. I reminded myself that vomiting on the keyboard would be …

It’s -25C. Again. Juliana and I keep dreaming of seed starting and debating how we should divvy up the resources of our …

We just returned from a brief visit to Grey County. These memories will help me dream my way through the last legs …

Quietly Inside, 2013, Sarah Jean February is the Wednesday of Winter. We’re stuck in seemingly unending snowbanks, struggling to remember what …

Cob House. Dreaming of building a Peace Flag House by hand… Cob House Interior A hobbit hole might be nice. Maybe …

I think we all need a little time to dream while we are in the depths of winter. After writing about Nana …

My Nana and Bucko could make anything. Nana and Bucko (the name I christened my Grandfather with when I was three…it’s …

We lost Pete Seeger this week.  He had a few years on me and I admittedly wasn’t even a twinkle in my …

The sound was somewhere between a slap and a snap. I couldn’t place it as I slowly woke up Saturday morning. …

Nelson Mandela, A Lifetime of Peacing for Peace   and   All the Wimmin Who Have Lost Their Lives to Gender-Based Violence …

Frank Meyers. (Photograph by Cole Garside) This is Frank Meyers.  He has refused to give up his land for Joint Task …

I was procrastinating on Facebook the other day when the phrase This Is What a Feminist Looks Like caught my eye.   …

Mural in Athens, Greece. (photo Sarah Jean Harrison) The Neighbours United for Inclusion Community BBQ on September 14th confirmed a few …

Photos: Anne Zbitnew Neighbours United for Inclusion  Community BBQ Saturday, September 14th Runnymede Collegiate Institute The politicians, the police and the …

Peace Flag House: exploring how to make peace a verb. Peace for Peace. Fabulous idea!But…how do we do it?  If peace …

After our rainbow peace flags found a new home on the second floor of the house, we assumed the hater(s) would …

Life is not all sunshine and lollipops here at Peace Flag House. Over the last few years we have been flying …

Peace Flag House has been quietly rolling along this summer with the support of my brother, James. Our downstairs neighbours have …

This past weekend I had the pleasure of visiting one of my gardening mentors, Sheila Clarke, in Stratford, Ontario. Our gardening friendship …

  Happy International Womyn’s Day from Peace Flag House

Winter is long. Long, long, long. All the coats and hats and mitts and boots and long underwear and warm socks.It’s all …

As 2012 slid into 2013 Pascal and I began work on the renovation of the second floor of Peace Flag House. We moved …

Have you ever had a year long case of the self-doubts?Have you ever been ambushed by the vicious monsters of self-criticism? With …

Aboriginal issues have been in the news consistently for the last number of months. Chief Theresa Spence’s decision to declare an emergency …

We’re on a post-holiday, welcome-2012 cleanse here at Peace Flag House. This is our first time cleansing and we’re starting with the …

We’re DIY’ers here at Peace Flag House.  We make stuff, build stuff, fix stuff, reuse and repurpose stuff. I get all excited …

Peace Flag House has a back story that Pascal and I love to tell.  Before the Peace Flag this house had a …