Community Building – Page 3 – Not Ladylike Community

Radical (admin) Work

I am a member of a national administrative professionals organisation. That doesn’t mean much right now for me, other than I get a discount on the courses they offer! I signed up because I feel very undervalued and underutilised in my current admin position, and I wanted to both level up my skills and meetContinueContinue reading “Radical (admin) Work”

Dreaming of Community

Dreaming of Community I dare you to spend time thinking about and dreaming of community – how do you define community? who would be a part of it? how would you spend time with one another? what would wealth redistribution look like? how would you practice care? N’Deye Oumou Sylla I had three “ah ha”ContinueContinue reading “Dreaming of Community”

Beginner Emergency Preparedness

CHILL EMERGENCY PREPAREDNESS Is there such a thing as “Chill Emergency Preparedness”? I’m not sure, but I am going to give it a shot. In April 2022, when I was knocked out in bed for five days thanks to covid, I was watching gardening videos, and one thing led to another. I am down aContinueContinue reading “Beginner Emergency Preparedness”

Building a Crafting Community

Before Not Ladylike Community was even a whisper of a dream, I was part of a tight knit crafting community. We gathered at a local scrapbooking store in Edmonton for crops, and would head out of town for a weekend retreat every fall. Those women became dear friends, and it frustrates me that I letContinueContinue reading “Building a Crafting Community”

Ostara Brunch

In March, I hosted my family for an Ostara Brunch. I settled on an Ostara brunch earlier in the year instead of an Easter brunch, or a non-themed brunch ecause I like themed parties. Because I am not a Catholic or Christian and I treat the Easter days as an extra long weekend and nothingContinueContinue reading “Ostara Brunch”

Loneliness

Hello, hi, it’s me writing about the biggest cliche topics this decade: self-care and loneliness. The pandemic popularized a lot of pre-existing concepts, and self-care is definitely near the top. We took a global phenomenon that affected every level of society – especially our most vulnerable members – laid bare how terribly we care forContinueContinue reading “Loneliness”