The Rowanwood Chronicles is a living archive of reflections, analysis, and stories drawn from a life engaged with people, place, and purpose. These categories gather writing across disciplines and experiences – each one a window into a world of curiosity, connection, and considered insight.

Transportation & Infrastructure
Thoughtful analysis of how we move and connect: via trains, planes, bikes, and broadband. These posts look at transit systems, public investment, rail revival, and the critical role of infrastructure in shaping equitable, sustainable societies.

Agriculture, Agri-Food & Value Chains
Insights into sustainable farming, food systems, and the complex networks that connect producers to consumers. These posts explore agricultural policy, local and global value chains, food sovereignty, and the evolving role of innovation in ensuring resilient, equitable, and environmentally sound agri-food systems.

Being Human: Relationships & Reflection
Exploring the emotional, relational, and existential threads that make us human. From love and loss to connection, identity, and meaning, this category gathers essays and insights on how we live together, grow, and navigate the complex beauty of the human experience.

Business Insights & Lessons Learned
Three decades of knowledge, skills, and experience shared through real-world reflections on leadership, consulting, negotiation, and adaptive strategy. These entries distill boardroom lessons, entrepreneurial grit, and public-private crossovers into useful insights for thoughtful professionals and curious readers alike.

Community & Social Commentary
Reflections on belonging, inclusion, local identity, and civic engagement. Posts explore Pride celebrations, volunteer efforts, social justice, and what it means to live and contribute meaningfully in a rapidly changing society, both online and on the ground.

Culture, Sport & Media
An ongoing conversation about books, music, television, journalism, sport and digital media. These posts explore how stories shape society, how platforms shape perception, and how culture, both high and popular, holds a mirror up to our shared experience.

Economic & Financial Insights
A deep dive into economic thinking: from inflation, inequality, and taxation to market trends and fiscal policy. With clarity and context, these essays make complex financial dynamics relevant to everyday life and long-term national wellbeing.

Environment & Sustainability
Grounded perspectives on climate change, conservation, sustainable policy, and land stewardship. These posts draw from permaculture, agroforestry, and practical environmentalism, bridging the local with the global to highlight ecological interconnectedness and long-term thinking.

Global Affairs & Geopolitics
Wide-lens perspectives on war, peace, diplomacy, and Canada’s shifting role in the world. These posts bring clarity to complex global tensions, offering historical framing, regional context, and principled viewpoints rooted in informed curiosity and public interest.

Health, Wellbeing & Systems
Exploring health through a social lens: from mental wellness and aging to systemic public health challenges and pandemic lessons. These entries often blend personal narrative with structural critique, advocating for equity and holistic wellbeing.

History & Heritage
Posts that mine the past to illuminate the present; whether through political memory, family lineage, or historical analogy. From the Scottish Highlands to the Paraguayan interior, these reflections offer both insight and continuity across generations and geographies.

Leisure, Creativity & Travel
Celebrating the joyful, the hand-made, and the far-flung: cider tastings, embroidery, travel stories, and creative experimentation. These posts are love letters to curiosity, beauty, and the sensory pleasures of slowing down and paying attention.

My Intentional Community
Personal essays about love, polyamory, chosen family, and meaningful connection. These pieces explore personal growth, ethical commitments, and the joys and challenges of building a life with purpose, clarity, and emotional honesty.

Political Analysis & Governance
Sharp, accessible writing on politics, leadership, and institutions at every level—local, provincial, national, and global. These posts weigh ideas and accountability with equal care, offering critique rooted in democratic values and public service experience.

Science, Space & Innovation
Posts exploring astronomy, climate technology, AI, and the frontiers of knowledge. These reflections mix scientific wonder with practical foresight, keeping one eye on the stars and the other on how innovation can shape our daily lives.

Social Systems & Institutions
Analyses of how we learn, govern, and grow together, from the politics of school calendars to the structure of universities, libraries, unions, and other civic institutions. These pieces often link personal experience with systemic reform and social potential.