07/12/2026
The rumours (aka what I've been saying for a while) are troo -
I'm leaving The Soo.
It's been 11, almost 12 years,
when I only intended on 2.
The breakdown:
3 small businesses - Gore Street Cafe 2015-2018, Dryer Fire 2018-2024, 2024-present
3 Pop-Up venues - Dryer Fire on the M.S. Norgoma 2018, Dryer Fire Pop-Ups on Bruce Street 2019, PITS Pop-Up on Wellington 2025-2026
300 + music, arts, food & community events presented
500 + local, touring - domestic & international artists presented, supported, paid, fed, and given a place to stay in my home
5.5 years founding and co-ordinating the month long, of Community, Food, Arts, & Culture
5 years co-founding and organizing Jane's Walk SSM
2.5 years co-founding and running Full Circle Mutual Aid Hub
1 day long music festival - It's the PITS!, Leeburn 2024
10 additional SSM jobs - Getaway, Dana's, Cafe Natura, Shabby Motley, The Klub, Fringe North, Happy Healthy Harvest, Stock & Broth, Cafe 4 Good, The Whisky Barrel
1 university degree - Honours Bachelor Community Economic & Social Development, Algoma University
1 year of culinary school at Sault College
6 years volunteering at St Vincent Place Soup Kitchen 🍲
3 failed long term romantic relationships 💔
2 apartments rented - Albert & Gore, and above Shabby Motley downtown on Queen
1 sweet demon cat named Inca came to live with me 🐈⬛
1 rat infestation, 1 flea infestation
1 seemingly never-ending cancellation campaign against me based on false allegations by former friends
1 targeted harassment campaign against me by a white supremacist group
2 years dating + financially supporting a con artist
1 house purchased with a former partner and current good friend
8 years of yoga mostly with Patricia Pulcine at Peaceful Warrior, a little with , and a sprinkling of pilates with
Countless quiche and americanos from , shawarma and falafel from , and samosas from RJs + too many jbcs
I'll be a little back and forth between The Soo & TO for the rest of the year. A week from today, I'll be presenting the first of 4 last PITS shows: cont
