Kevin Graham
My Covid diary so far
Here’s my answer to the many friends and family members asking how we’re holding up. Olia and her mother are both stable and miserable....
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Kevin Graham
- May 15, 2021
- 1 min
Emotional Dysregulation During Covid
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Kevin Graham
- Feb 18, 2021
- 4 min
Grateful for the challenge
With each new school I work with, someone asks me how I fell into conducting surveys for independent schools. My answer is the challenge...
Kevin Graham
- Feb 8, 2021
- 5 min
Another twisted journey into allegory
Hint: This is not about my knee. I have a bad knee. For a while, I wondered if perhaps it is just not well suited to my constitution, and...
Kevin Graham
- Dec 7, 2020
- 6 min
I belong; therefore, I am… or am I?
Have you ever been confronted with the possibility that something you’ve believed ‘forever’ may be flawed or incomplete? Maybe not all...
Kevin Graham
- Nov 16, 2020
- 9 min
Teenagers, turnips, and the Coronavirus
"Man, we've gotta open the gates!" "We've been through this, Phil. The Mongols are still outside." "But I've gotta harvest my turnips."...
Kevin Graham
- Nov 9, 2020
- 3 min
Building bridges
Forty-two years ago, I thought Russians were my enemies. That’s what I was taught. Forty-one years ago, I married a Russian, whom I met...
Kevin Graham
- Sep 21, 2020
- 3 min
Exceptionalism – the precursor of our downfall
Exceptionalism! I’m referring to Canadian exceptionalism. “Huh?” you say. There is no such thing as Canadian exceptionalism. Just a...
Kevin Graham
- Aug 11, 2020
- 6 min
Remote Learning Surveys – Spring of 2020 – Summary of findings
In March, I was asked by two Heads of School (one Canadian and one American) to work with their senior teams in the development of short...
Kevin Graham
- Jul 30, 2020
- 6 min
Prisoners on both sides
With a guestimated net worth of $200 billion, Vladimir Putin has been described as ‘maybe’ the richest person on Earth. Step aside, Jeff...
Kevin Graham
- Jul 19, 2020
- 6 min
Are we in the age of the death of democracy?
Over the past several weeks, the death of democracy has been rattling around inside my head. For certain, it’s too soon to call the...
Kevin Graham
- Jul 1, 2020
- 5 min
Being Canadian in 2020 means ...
Today, my thoughts are as much to share with my friends to the south as to remind myself, as a Canadian, to consider what it means to be...
Kevin Graham
- Jun 22, 2020
- 2 min
Yes, Virginia, there is a Coronavirus!
DEAR EDITOR: I have the intellectual capacity of an 8 year old. Some of my little Facebook friends say there is no Coronavirus. Papa...
Kevin Graham
- Jun 19, 2020
- 4 min
Know your place!
Our world is littered with success stories of people who refused to know their places. Athletes, artists, scientists, business leaders,...
Kevin Graham
- Jun 11, 2020
- 6 min
Do this, don’t do that, can’t you read the sign?
“Sign, sign, everywhere a sign“ Black Lives Matter All Lives Matter No Justice, No Peace I Can’t Breathe Silence = Violence Are We Great...
Kevin Graham
- Jun 2, 2020
- 5 min
Apology alert!
Apology alert! This is a rant. As a dutiful Canadian, I should probably commence and conclude with an apology to my dear friends and...
Kevin Graham
- Jun 1, 2020
- 2 min
Sparring through music
Reg is a fellow with whom I spar regularly on Facebook. It’s been suggested by observers that Reg and I should have our own TV show...
Kevin Graham
- May 28, 2020
- 2 min
But, Dad, the lawn mower was still running!
Every once in a while, at a family gathering, one of my siblings reminds me of an old story. My late father was obsessive on safety....
Kevin Graham
- Feb 10, 2020
- 3 min
Give me your heart, make it real
… or let’s forget about it. Carlos Santana and Rob Thomas aside, I’m two parts through Yuval Noah Harari’s trilogy, awaiting my wife’s...
Kevin Graham
- Oct 7, 2019
- 1 min
What are my points of connection and belonging and purpose?
………… How many points of connection do I have? On a daily basis? In close geographic proximity? In healthy relationships? In unhealthy...
Kevin Graham
- May 21, 2019
- 8 min
Collapse of an empire?
“Why just us?... Maybe the decision about what’s best for everyone should be left to… well, everyone.” (Samwell Tarly, Game of Thrones,...
Yasmin Khan
- Dec 24, 2018
- 2 min
Articulate, insightful, beautiful!
Our youngest shared a friend’s Facebook post with us yesterday. It stands well enough on its own without any commentary from me… other...
Kevin Graham
- Nov 28, 2018
- 7 min
Informing the “sleep” conversation
There is no shortage of research detailing the perils of inadequate sleep. You don’t need me to add to that reading list. You also don’t...
Kevin Graham
- Nov 12, 2018
- 4 min
Darkness had fallen on the land
Once a year, I indulge myself with an absolutely stunning drive across upstate New York and south of Syracuse through the Onondaga...
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