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Where is the margin?
April 24, 2019
Somehow in the story telling, in the life living, we forgot that we were outsiders once. Every single one of us.
An Easter Story
April 18, 2019
I feel we are accomplishing what we set out to do here. And that is very gratifying, and it makes up for the constant tug I feel in my heart towards the mountains and the woods. And the ache of no longer living in one of eastern Canada's most beautiful places, the Gaspe peninsula.
Sitting front row to a person's becoming
April 10, 2019
It has been especially delightful to see the threads connecting their early childhood and their late teen/launching years. And I know it will just continue. This delight, this joy as they engage with and contribute to the world, beyond childhood, outside our home as adults.
A vocation in language and law, motherhood, and lifelong learning (an interview with Francie Gow)
April 3, 2019
Meet Francie. Francie is a mother, a translator, and a Montrealer. Vocation and attachment parenting, finding the best educational path for our children and learning how to prioritize our own health and wellbeing are some of the themes we talk about in this interview.
Winter is my country (but then there's March) ~ Part two
March 31, 2019
By the end of February I was feeling a whole lotta cranky. And then it came to me, while I was out in the woods for Laurent's birthday. I needed a solo backcountry ski trip in March.
Winter is my country (but then there's March) ~ Part one
March 29, 2019
I love the rolling mountain winter landscapes of Quebec, the ski hills and all the snow. I haven't had a strong sense of "home" as a place since leaving Alberta as a twenty-three year old wife and new mom, but winter mountains come close.
A vegan teen (and other interest-led learning wins)
March 22, 2019
A video interview of Brienne and my mom, Karen Toews, about her vegan diet. Brienne explains why she's vegan and how she maintains a vegan diet in and un-vegan world.
