Posts with Video
Education, Vocation & Midlife Career Reflection
July 28, 2025
In this personal video essay, I reflect on my three decades of interest and experience in education philosophy and practice - from earning a B.Ed. and homeschooling our children to completing a Master’s Degree in Educational Studies when that homeschooling work was completed.
A visit to a career counsellor
July 9, 2025
The latest (and on-going instalments) in the "quest for a work thing" blog series are being published in video format. This one is about going to a career counsellor, specifically the preparation I did before the visit.
Spring Garden Tour Video & life stuff
May 6, 2025
As I shift from academic writing to video production, I find myself embracing (again) the vulnerability of trying something new and imperfect, drawn by curiosity and the desire to document life as it unfolds. In this post, I share a recent garden tour video and reflect on the balance between living fully and telling the story of that living.
Daffodils, peepers, seed starting & snow - It’s spring on the South Shore.
April 28, 2025
I've got a new video up on YouTube about early spring. Also in this post I reflect on how Spring feels full of nature’s own demands, quite apart from the cultural busyness of school-year endings. With homeschooling and graduate school behind me, I’m leaning more into the natural rhythms of spring, pacing myself through its much-ness without the weight of scholastic rituals.
3 Step Homemade Lip Balm Recipe + How-To Video
April 15, 2025
First time making lip balm in my new home with my tried and true recipe.
Tale as old as time: Empty nesters buy off-road vehicle for midlife adventuring
April 2, 2025
I would hope we keep trying new things throughout our lifetimes and our marriage. But our move to Nova Scotia and becoming empty nesters has created the perfect conditions to start new things. Enter ATVing.
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.
