Dr Wendy Sarkissian, PhD
Habitat Forum: A Recollection after 48 Years
The Habitat Forum was a six-day transformative event held in Vancouver in early June 1976. It brought together a diverse group of...
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WENDY'S BLOG
Bonus chapters, thoughts and Information from Dr Wendy Sarkissian. This blog is regularly updated.
Dr Wendy Sarkissian, PhD
Apr 613 min read
Midlife Hot Mess 1: The Global Crisis
May 1991 I just received your fax, Sarah. What you say in it can’t be right. Tell me this isn’t true. This can’t be true. You are not...
Dr Wendy Sarkissian, PhD
Apr 12 min read
More about Weaving
Humpty Doo, Northern Territory, June 1992 The poet Antler claims, “To learn to die, cut down a tree.” I did that. I killed a huge tree....
Dr Wendy Sarkissian, PhD
Apr 16 min read
Snake Woman
Scream. Middle of nowhere. Screaming. Woman. Young woman. Screaming. Gracie’s scream, gigantic for a tiny woman, echoed between the...
Dr Wendy Sarkissian, PhD
Apr 14 min read
Let's Talk about Weaving and Mending!
I’ve never been a weaver. And I’ve always been a weaver. I believe that in the dance of existence, where the threads of life intertwine,...
Dr Wendy Sarkissian, PhD
Apr 13 min read
A Glimmer of Hope: Feminist and Activist Voices and Climate Breakdown
Vancouver, Canada, 17 February 2024 In a world where the daunting reality of climate breakdown looms large, there’s a glimmer of hope...
Dr Wendy Sarkissian, PhD
Apr 12 min read
Fixing the Environment
Greetings everyone!! I’m back – and blogging. Expect a blog from this website every Saturday morning.I will share insights about the...
Dr Wendy Sarkissian, PhD
Apr 13 min read
First Creeksong blog!
Oh, it’s been thrilling to have my beautiful Creeksong book available to the wider world. Finally!! Somebody asked me last week if I was...
Dr Wendy Sarkissian, PhD
Apr 11 min read
Dedication to Creeksong
This book is for the Earth. It celebrates the memory of the Beloved, Karl Langheinrich. This book also honors the life-affirming work of...
Dr Wendy Sarkissian, PhD
Apr 17 min read
The Conspiracy
McLaren Street, Adelaide, South Australia, 1991 This story takes place in 1991. Months before I decide to move to Deep Creek. I’m...
Dr Wendy Sarkissian, PhD
Apr 110 min read
Appreciations
This book has had a long gestation and many midwives. As the central, auto-ethnographic chapter in my PhD dissertation in environmental...
Dr Wendy Sarkissian, PhD
Mar 315 min read
Gateways On An Initiatory Journey
Much of my Creeksong book is about a midlife initiatory journey, most of which occurs in wild Nature. And, while I did not write about...
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