Musings on topics of interest
I wrote my last two blogs posts about what I’d (not) been doing since university classes and final exams ended in mid-April. However, along with needing to recover and catch up on household tasks, I also was able to notice small beautiful life moments. For the past three and a half years, I have been […]
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I stepped out my front door one day, going somewhere I now don’t remember. These two brightly coloured leaves on the startled me with their sunlit dazzle! I got my camera as close to them as possible without getting a blurry photo. I love how it turned out; the colourful leaves are juxtaposed against the
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The terms “scanner,” “multipotentialite,” and “renaissance soul” have become interchangeable in recent years, but my first encounter with the idea was the “scanner” from Barbara Sher’s book, Refuse to Choose!: How to Use All of Your Interests, Passions, and Hobbies to Create the Life and Career of Your Dreams. When I read this book, I
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I used to think Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) mostly happened to military people. Then weeks after my daughter’s accident last year, I started experiencing weird things. I would hear a siren and start panicking, complete with rapid breathing and crying. While driving back and forth to the hospital, we’d sometimes drive right over the accident
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Facts: In July 2021, our then-20-year-old daughter was walking across a busy city street when she was hit and thrown by a car. Turns out the driver was driving recklessly and left the scene. He was caught and charged soon afterwards. This happened a block from our region’s best ER/trauma unit, which police later told
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Another activity that has helped me through these past months is trying watercolour painting. I had a small palette of watercolour paints that I occasionally dug out to play with. But when Christmas 2021 rolled around and I received gift money, I bought a complete Winsor and Newton watercolour set. October to February were especially
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O, Knit Dishcloth, I adore youLaced with loosely locking loops!How you’ve kept me sane these past months,Paced by stitching forms in groups.Knit and slip, I follow instructions;Trying to keep my mind busy.Colours keep singing, making oneGrateful for your company. Partly for fun, partly for relief; I wrote the above poem a few weeks ago. You
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