Travel


These December Days

These December Days

One of the things I wanted to do when I moved to Nova Scotia was to return, in some way, to telling the story of my life on my blog. To steer my writing more memoirist and less analytical

Roadtripping without angst

Roadtripping without angst

Funny how when you're resourced with more time and well, resources, travel (and day-to-day living) is less stressful.

What is a life if not a collection of days?

What is a life if not a collection of days?

Focused attention and a narrowed scope seems like a prerequisite for achieving noteworthy success.I lack a discrete and narrowed focus of interest and I feel this will prevent me from achieving noteworthy levels of success.

A different kind of spring ~ the end of a journey

A different kind of spring ~ the end of a journey

Since moving to Montreal spring has been a season of running the gauntlet of theatre productions and driving. I exited every spring emotionally and physically exhausted and depleted. Not this spring.

And then we went home (week six)

And then we went home (week six)

Nova Scotia offered space, fresh air and forest; and unprecedented opportunity to be together as a a family. But Montreal is home and it's time for us to return.

A place for creativity, community and connection

A place for creativity, community and connection

Bethany's story is a good one. It's about the imprinting effects of our earliest memories and childhood experiences on our ideas of home. It's about creating a family culture of radical and life-enriching hospitality. It's about trust and freedom and finding a home where your heart is secure, safe and loved.

For the pain that can't be borne

For the pain that can't be borne

I can't guarantee their safety, success, or well-being. I can't guarantee my own. This is the deep aching vulnerability of being human.