A Place to Stand. A Place to Grow.
This is home: This is my landscape. (No, I don’t live in the woods unfortunately. This is actually a five minute drive away). It’s right on the edge of the Carolinian forest zone of Southern Ontario....
View ArticleMindful Marbles
I have often said that the best mindfulness teachers are small children. No one can live in the moment better. We struggle with them, in our constant concern for the future, and they just keep dragging...
View Article#SelfCare or not #SelfCare? That is the question.
It took me about thirty seconds to hunt down the following random tweets: I’m about to get sloppy drunk off straight tequila and take a really nice long bubble bath #selfcare Weekends are for binge...
View ArticleSledding: A Haiku
We bring four sleds now Who says kids get all the fun? See you on the hill!
View ArticleI See You
Last summer I attended a conference. One of the speakers had us all stand up and slowly walk around the room. At random intervals, she would stop us, and ask us to make contact with a random nearby...
View ArticleMeeting as Equals
Learning Cultural Humility in the Social Services The views and opinions expressed in this article are those of the author and do not necessarily reflect the official policy or position of the...
View ArticleInvincibility Nets
Most of us spend a rather ridiculous amount of time worrying about how we look to other people, don’t we? If you really think about it, how much of our economy is based on precisely that? Isn’t it...
View ArticleFifty (Billion) Shades of Grey
Now that I have your attention, if you’re here looking for erotic fiction, you’ll have to look elsewhere. If you arrived under false pretenses, I apologize. As interesting as that could be, this blog...
View ArticleThe Maple Leaf Playoffs
If you’re here as a sports enthusiast, I’m sorry if I mis-led you. Read on anyhow. As I walked through the woods with my family today, we designed a new forest game. It doesn’t take more than walking...
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Walking in a Winter Wonderland
When the first snow of the season fell last week, I noticed how it clung to the trees and sparkled in the sun. Upon going in to work, and being the insufferable Pollyanna that I am, I happened to make...
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