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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

Should We Stay or Should We Go?

December 2, 2019February 21, 2018

When we first moved to this house I was convinced we’d never move. I wrote: “At some point you have to take a deep breath, … Read more

Tags BC, commitment, community, cost of living, home, investment, landscape, moving, neighbours, place, population, quiet, standard of living, values

How's Your Inner Life These Days?

December 2, 2019August 23, 2017

Today instead of a Wednesday links post I’ve decided to write a regular post with a few links thrown in. —- Over the past few … Read more

Tags academia, community, Creativity, cycling, eclipse, editing, history, kayaking, landscape, life, nature, outdoors, place, progress, quiet, social media, thinking, writing

The Bad Neighbour

December 2, 2019April 21, 2017

Last fall I spent a couple of hours one sunny afternoon digging holes in the gravel at the edge of our driveway and dropping in … Read more

Tags confrontation, moving, neighbours, noise, people, quiet

Searching for silence

December 2, 2019June 26, 2015

6 am is the best time to be up in our neighbourhood, especially on a Sunday morning. Sometimes the rooster across the street crows, but … Read more

Tags attention, city, country, Creativity, gardening, mental health, noise, quiet, silence, space, wilderness, wildness
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