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29Oct
Inviting Light Through Wordplay
Ah .. November, month of Remembrance and growing darkness, an end to Daylight Savings and the final march to the shortest day of winter solstice. It invites hibernation in fuzzy sweaters under cozy quilts with steaming mugs of spiced whatevers. It's also the perfect month...
18Sep
The Power of Salty Surrender
Swimming is one of the few actions that makes my body happy. Swimming in mid-September in northern Nova Scotia takes a special devotion to aquatic bliss. As I stood on the shore in a waning day of summer, one of the few days not boiling...
06Sep
When ‘it’s too soon’ becomes “it’s time”
My labour this long weekend was in my basil patch, surrounded by my most favourite aroma in the world harvesting glossy emerald leaves for pesto and fresh basil lemonade. In the moment there was glorious peace and flow of creation. Just behind it, though, was the...
14Aug
Feeding Ourselves in the New Millennium
I think about food, a lot: what I'll eat, when I'll eat it, how I'll cook it, where I'll go to get it. It's a conversation that is ever present and always available to light me up. I grew up in a family system that...
05Aug
Tap Dancing in the Minefield of the Heart
It's a conversation that's been a long time coming. On the outside things look fine; on the inside something is missing, feels off, irritates or just plain hurts. For years, explaining things away, rationalizing that things are great, good enough, okay, as much as we...
31Jul
Decloaking the Emperor
Decloaking The Emperor The Emperor’s New Clothes: you know the fable … an emperor in a far-off land pays a handsome sum to a travelling tailor promising to make the monarch the most beautiful clothing in the world. After much anticipation the emperor dons his new...
26Jun
A Tale of Two Mondays
Monday mornings are infamous in a culture conditioned to have fun on weekends and go back to the 'grind' of work/school/paying bills/paying dues. Off we trudge, lunch bags in hand, grieving the past days of sunshine and steeling ourselves for the days ahead, just like...
21Jun
The Longest Day of the Year
I love lilacs. The scent, their simple elegance, their tenacity ... every May and June, they brighten my world and remind me to stop, smell, and just BE. The longest day of the year, the summer solstice ... that's a powerful invitation too and this year...
29Mar