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Marking the Seasons and a quest for a certain kind of knowing
November 22, 2021
I have a longing for ancient and earth-connected ritual in my life. The longing has been there for many years but it’s become more noticeable as I’ve distanced myself from institutionalized Christianity and its attendant ceremonies.
La Verendrye Canoe Camping
November 18, 2021
A video from our Canoe Camping trip at La Verendrye. Apparently the largest maintained canoe camping region in the world.
A late in the game feminist critique of the labour of reducing household consumption (& why I shop at Costco)
November 12, 2021
Re-evaluating my earlier efforts to reduce household consumption in my homemaking labours.
The News from Nova Scotia
October 30, 2021
Why do people live where they live? How do they decide where to call "home"? How do you define home? How does the answer to these questions change through the different seasons of our lives? What's gained and what's lost in where we choose to live?
Live in each season
October 21, 2021
I had been feeling like I’m ready for this next stage. I’m revelling in it many days. But then there’s the tug, an ache, the memories.
Some thoughts from a recently retired homeschool mom
October 5, 2021
I am in the beginnings of the life stage where the load of responsibility for my children has significantly lightened. I feel it and I love it!
Losing what we never had: A settler-descendent search for a sustainability ethic
September 28, 2021
We have much to learn. We don’t have a lot of time to learn it. It is my greatest wish that Canada’s post-modern sustainability ethic will be informed by Indigenous relations with the land, each other, and all beings. And in doing so, we’ll create a future that will sustain our children and our children’s children.
