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The perils of writing about mental health

December 2, 2019June 12, 2019

Writing about mental health can have both negative *and* positive impacts.

Tags creative writing, mental health, privacy, work, work life balance, writing

Progress

December 2, 2019April 25, 2018

Yesterday I got the OK to start putting more weight on my injured leg. Looking forward to getting out in the garden to start weeding … Read more

Tags gardening, injury, knee injury, outdoors, spring, talismans, treasures, veggie garden, walking, work

Are You Self-Promoting or Bragging?: Balancing Your Exterior and Interior Lives

December 2, 2019April 18, 2018

Earlier this year, American writer Dani Shapiro published a piece at LitHub about balancing social media and writing. She recounts how she sent out a … Read more

Tags bragging, community, Dani Shapiro, excited, Hannah Arendt, Miya Tokumitsu, private, public, Richard Power, science communication, self-promotion, sharing, social media, Susan Sontag, work, writing

Improve Your Productivity By Making Time for Rest

December 2, 2019March 7, 2018

If you’ve read my blog for a while, you know that, because of my illness, I have limited time in the day to do things … Read more

Tags academia, art, Creativity, disability, editing, productivity, reading, rest, slow scholarship, walking, work, writing

Restoring a Forest: Looking Back, Moving Forward

December 2, 2019October 25, 2016

On today’s morning walk through the forest, I stopped for a moment to listen. My dog sat quietly at my side as the forest came … Read more

Tags academia, creative writing, forest, goals, limitations, priorities, restoration, walking, work, writing

Working hard versus doing too much

December 2, 2019May 22, 2016

Lately I’ve been doing Too Much. What tipped me off? Because last week I slept for almost 29 hours straight, with a couple of breaks … Read more

Tags anxiety, balance, Creativity, effort, gardening, mental health, personal energy, work, writing

Academia and Illness

December 2, 2019September 16, 2013

Tenure, She Wrote is a pseudonymous group blog covering issues for women in science and academia, and has had a lot of well-written, thought-provoking posts … Read more

Tags academia, academic science, chronic illness, grad school, mental health, work
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The Foothills Erratics Train is an AB treat. During last glaciation a giant ... rockslide occurred onto a glacier at Mt Edith Cavell @jasperNP. Carried to Hinton, then S for > 600 km to MT, the quartzite boulders were let down on the margin of the Foothills https://t.co/jFnHAkWRea https://t.co/JzBeIOVaP2

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Erratics. Glacial and otherwise. @mikedrewphoto On the Road. https://t.co/ewabnCL1Dn

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January thaw in 2021 from 1/10-1/15 with daily max T of at least 3 C at Everest ... Base Camp has led to continued ablation and upward movement of snow line on area glaciers in mid-January! @EVER_WEATHER @NASA_Landsat @NatGeo
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.@globeandmail examines salary and rank differences between men and women in ... different sectors of society (unis, municipalities, govt, etc.) https://t.co/FRLHAVggLT

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