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4 Tips for Managing your Chronic Illness Over the Holiday Season

December 2, 2019December 12, 2018

Christmas isn’t always “the most wonderful time of the year.” Here are some tips for managing the holiday season with a chronic illness.

Tags Christmas, chronic illness, gifts, holidays, list, mental health, mental illness, planning, schedule, visitors

Monday Quote: Tessa Hadley

December 2, 2019December 10, 2018

I’ve been reading Tessa Hadley’s work in preparation for an interview, and am really enjoying her writing and perspective.

Tags Alice Munro, Barbara Kingsolver, book review, British, canlit, equality, feminism, gender, LA Review of Books, Longreads, Mavis Gallant, men, relationships, Tessa Hadley, The Rumpus, UK, women, writing

Sunday Shot: 8 Dec

December 2, 2019December 8, 2018

Two frosty photos from a morning photo shoot in the perennial garden.

Tags frost, gardening, light, mushrooms, nature photography, photography, photooftheday, plants

Thinking About Giving Up Social Media? Think Again.

December 2, 2019December 5, 2018

It’s not an issue of being a ‘good’ person for giving up social media or a ‘bad’ person for using it regularly. Just as long as it’s a choice you’ve made, and not one that social media has made for you.

Tags community, friends, ideas, mental health, mindfulness, pros and cons, reading, social media, support, writing

Monday Quote: Esi Edugyan

December 2, 2019December 3, 2018

Today’s quote is from Esi Edugyan’s Washington Black, for which she won her second Giller Prize this year.

Tags canlit, Esi Edugyan, future, Giller Prize, Half Blood Blues, new year, nostalgia, outdoors, past, quotes, Washington Black, wisdom

Sunday Shot: 1 Dec

December 2, 2019December 1, 2018

There was something about their formation their shape against the grey sky, that made me madly swing my camera up to try and capture an image.

Tags blackandwhite, Cowichan, estuary, fall, geese, nature photography, pacific northwest, pattern, photography

5 Tips for Writers Limited by a Chronic Illness

December 2, 2019November 28, 2018

Writers with chronic illnesses, whether that’s fibromyalgia, mental health issues, ALS, multiple sclerosis, etc., often feel like we are seriously limited in our ability to produce quality work. Here are five tips to help you do what you can without using up all of your spoons.

Tags blogging, chronic illness, content creation, editing, public face, reading, recycle, reuse, social media, spoonie, writing

Monday Quote: #NationalClimateAssessment

December 2, 2019November 26, 2018

Today’s quote is from the #NationalClimateAssessment, which is important reading for everyone.

Tags #NationalClimateAssessment, climate change, evidence, future climate, growing season, heat waves, hurricanes, ice, National Climate Assessment, past climate, science, wildfires, winter

Saturday Shot: Nov 24

December 2, 2019November 24, 2018

Frost at the Cowichan Estuary, where a walk and some photography helped clear my mind.

Tags autumn, Cowichan, estuary, frost, nature, nature photography, outdoors, photography, plants, vegetation, walking

"I will admit that I am not well."

December 2, 2019November 21, 2018

“Writing this, right now, I am not well. This will colour the writing.”

Tags daylight savings, Indigenous, mental health, mental illness, NaNoWriMo, SAD, SAD lamp, scicomm, science communication, science writing, truth, Victoria, workshop, writing
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