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Happy Holidays

December 23, 2020

Merry Christmas everyone!

Tags Christmas, holidays, new year, Solstice, winter

A Break for the Holidays

December 2, 2019December 19, 2018

We all need a break sometimes, and the holidays are the perfect time for rest, relaxation, and recalibration.

Tags anxiety, blogging, Christmas, computers, crafts, fabric art, holidays, new year, online, outdoors, puzzles, reading, stress, 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

Not Ready for the New Year

December 2, 2019January 2, 2018

I have to confess, I’m not ready for the New Year. I feel as though I’m still stuck in the dying days of 2017, trying … Read more

Tags depression, empathy, Kierkegaard, mental health, new year, Nietzsche, philosophy, pride, resolutions, willpower

Turning the Calendar to a New Year

December 2, 2019December 30, 2016

Today we went for a walk along the estuary, the sun bright on an atypically frosty west coast day. The air was redolent with the … Read more

Tags creative nonfiction, Creativity, decisions, new year, resolutions, ritual, writing

Out with the old, in with the new

December 2, 2019January 1, 2016

*Updated Jan 9 with info from CSP. Now is the time when everyone posts their ‘best of 2015’ lists, so I thought I’d join in … Read more

Tags 2016, best of 2015, goals, health, new year, scicomm
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This is a big loss for science. Condolences to David's family.

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My good friend and fishing companion, David Schindler, died today. He was one of the world's greatest scientists and his death is a loss for all of us. Condolences to his wife, Suzanne Bayley in Brisco, BC.

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The nomination period for the @WatersNext Awards is open! Do you know an ... individual, project, or technology that has made significant contributions to the Canadian water industry? Be sure to submit a nomination by March 31. https://t.co/VsEH0YFoqJ #water #wastewater #stormwater

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Much of the West is mired in drought and running out of time to make up precip ... deficits this year, part of a long-term "megadrought" pattern stretching back to the year 2000. Via @ClimateBecky https://t.co/P0uasoNiAt

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