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Doing Versus Being

June 24, 2020

Sometimes having a chronic illness means you can’t reach the goals you’d planned for, and you have to put them off for a while.

Tags ambition, bipolar, goals, illness, mental health, mindfulness, on being, society

On Being Alone

June 17, 2020June 17, 2020

In the mid-1980s, a British-born Canadian, Chris Czajkowski, built a cabin on a small part of the wilderness homestead of Jack and Trudy Turner, who … Read more

Tags family, mental health, pandemic, quiet, quiet life, social distancing, wilderness

Paying attention

June 10, 2020

Life is about paying attention

Tags attention, flowers, gardening, quotes, writing

Things That Matter

June 3, 2020June 3, 2020

I had a blog post written and ready to post for today, but in light of the protests about George Floyd and systemic police racism … Read more

Tags allies, Black Lives Matter, protests, racism, society, tear gas

Tipping Points

May 28, 2020May 27, 2020

Tipping points are critical in environmental systems, but also in our personal lives.

Tags Arctic, climate change, coral bleaching, coral reefs, extinction, hothouse earth, ocean-atmosphere interactions, oceans, sea ice, sixth extinction, threshold, tipping point, trees

No Drought This Year

May 20, 2020

This year is shaping up to be a lot wetter than the last five, which is great for gardeners.

Tags drought, gardening, perennial garden, rain, veggie garden, weather

Gardening in the Time of COVID

May 13, 2020

Gardening is a great combination of therapy and tactile results, especially when you get to eat the garden’s bounty.

Tags COVID-19, gardening, harvest, mental health, outdoors, pandemic, plants, therapy, veggie garden

Finding the Words

May 6, 2020

Lately I’ve been having problems writing, and it’s all related to how my brain is working – or not.

Tags bipolar, cognitive decline, cognitive load, counselling, depression, mental health, words, writing

In the Garden

April 29, 2020

Some garden photos to calm your mind during this upsetting time.

Tags flowers, Garden, perennial garden, photography, plants

Shaping a Book

April 22, 2020

Writing a book is hard work, especially finding the right structure for it.

Tags book proposal, book structure, books, cognitive load, creative writing, Creativity, writing
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― John Muir

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