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19
Dec

Christmases Past

I’ve spent a few hours this week reflecting on how fortunate I am. Period. I suppose this kind of thinking is natural when one has (finally) a holiday, which comes with time and space for deeper thinking.    by  CanadianAEh  This … Continue reading →

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6
Sep

Extroverts have challenges, too.

I’ve had a week. Not like, Oh my GAWD all kinds of horrible things happened. Not that kind of week. Just as in Holy cow, that was long and intense, am I ever glad for the weekend. I got to the … Continue reading →

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18
Mar

Food

I’m a bit astonished that I don’t have more posts about food on this blog. It’s truly a thing that nourishes me both physically and spiritually. I get that lots of people are foodies… gawd, just look at the number … Continue reading →

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11
Mar

Stealing my soul

I’ve written about music so many times before on this blog. It’s clear it’s something that’s important to me, perhaps so much so that it’s become trite. I mean, who doesn’t like music, right? We are all experts in the … Continue reading →

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9
Mar

Nobody told me

It’s Sunday night, 11:09pm. I am sipping champagne (real champagne) and listening to Robert Glasper Experiment. (I love that his band is called “experiment.” More things should have this label. More people should be honest about what they are doing. … Continue reading →

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5
Mar

the path of moderate resistance

It had been a while since I’d been to a yoga class. I mean, I practice yoga nearly (yes, nearly) every morning. I have a fairly regular routine. I hit all the right spots. I feel good. My body likes me … Continue reading →

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2
Jun

diversity makes me happy

I am idealist. I’ve known this for a very long time — since I was a teenager and got into arguments with my mother about reality versus the ideal. I’m very glad my mum is a pragmatist because I think … Continue reading →

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31
May

Little things: limes

Tonight, I had a beautiful cuba libre. Okay, you caught me — I had TWO beautiful cuba libres. The first one was with their “house pour” spiced rum, which I think was a Bacardi Gold of some kind (I didn’t … Continue reading →

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30
May

absence

… makes the heart grow. ——————————- My break has been unintentional. I’ve been at a conference. I took some time off — a whole weekend — for myself. I’m wrapping up a two-year stint in a workplace that has become … Continue reading →

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21
May

dropping balls

I don’t mind when … you’re stressed out and have too many things on your plate, and so you have to change your commitment level … things don’t necessarily get done in the order they are supposed to, or via … Continue reading →

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