Posts with Video
I have a new video at YouTube & some thoughts about what I'm doing on YouTube
March 20, 2025
Now that my Master’s degree is nearly completed I’m returning to YouTube with a renewed focus on creating lifestyle content videos that integrate my daily life, projects, and adventures. With the goal that this will be of interest to other people also and maybe I'll be able to monetize my channel.
Thoughts on seasonal living in the season of the empty nest
March 11, 2025
As I step into the empty nest season of life, I find myself leaning more deeply into the rhythms of nature, my own body, and the cycles that shape human experience and existence. In this essay, I share reflections on seasonal living—what it means, why it matters, and how this stage of life has granted me the freedom to align more closely with the natural world.
Pollett's Cove Backpacking Trip
October 21, 2024
Between September’s travels to Montreal and autumn’s school schedule Mom & I were able to squeeze in a long weekend backpacking adventure in the Cape Breton Highlands.
The August Full Moon & Summer's End
October 6, 2024
My most recent YouTube upload and saying goodbye to summer.
September update: my Montreal trip, a time of solitude, folk festival and building project videos
September 24, 2024
A short, newsy update and most recent videos.
Thoughts on social capital and location independence in a time of climate change (and other crises), in the context of an intergenerational familial “homestead”
August 26, 2024
Our social networks matter. And passing along social networks to our children is a way that parent’s help their children establish themselves in life.
It's still summer & saunas
August 23, 2024
A new video has been uploaded to YouTube. In it we visit Sand Dollar Beach and marvel at the marine wildlife, I give a tour of our entry and clean a bookshelf (I hope it's more interesting than it sounds). You'll get a peek into my herbal apothecary, watch us (my dad) build the sauna deck, and we'll go to the blueberry patch together.
