Small Things
Celebrating the small things with mini garden stories.
Celebrating the small things with mini garden stories.
Dealing with a chronic illness can leave you feeling like you’re always beginning again.
This past weekend I read Lynn Martel’s new book, Stories of Ice, and really enjoyed the focus on glaciers of western Canada and the adventure, … Read more
Lately I’ve been having trouble writing. Maybe I can find my way back by writing about my father, whom I lost in July.
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.
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
Gardening is a great combination of therapy and tactile results, especially when you get to eat the garden’s bounty.
Lately I’ve been having problems writing, and it’s all related to how my brain is working – or not.
Last month, the federal government tabled their report on Medical Assistance in Dying (MAID). They had worked to incorporate some changes to the original document … Read more
A few years ago I wrote about the “spoonie” hypothesis. Basically it defines individual spoons as units of energy, and notes that each person is … Read more