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Gratitude in Practice: Kyria!!!

Gratitude can take a lot of forms — a stunning mountaintop view, a kind stranger offering a cold drink, a clean public bathroom that actually has toilet paper when you need it!

When I started…

Friendship, Gratitude, Guest Post, Travel
Jun, 11, 2025
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The (Next) Best Lighthouses in Nova Scotia: A-G

They can’t all be favorites! It was hard to narrow down my Top Five picks for lighthouses in Nova Scotia, but there are so many more that are worth exploring…

Annapolis Royal Lighthouse

Nestled in the…

The Five Best Lighthouses in Nova Scotia (According to This Local)

I’m going to go out on a limb and assume (hope?!) people visiting Nova Scotia are as intrigued by lighthouses as they are by beaches.

Lighthouses hold a special place in our family’s heart —…

Atlantic Time, Shower Brushing, Prague, and Blood + the Breakfast Table

Who’s ready for a random assortment of topics?

Ready or not, here it comes.

Here.

Time Zones

I live in the Atlantic Standard Time Zone. It’s common to assume I’m on Eastern, but EST and AST are not…

Random, Travel
Jun, 04, 2025
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Best Runner-Up Nova Scotia Beaches (I-Z)

I’m back!

Here’s my final — admittedly incomplete — rundown of Nova Scotian beaches that are worth checking out.

LAWRENCETOWN BEACH

Just outside Halifax, this beach is most famous for its surfing! While you can catch…

A 3-Day Trip (with Kids) to Cape Breton: Lighthouses, Louisbourg, and the Cabot Trail

I’ve been fielding more and more questions about Nova Scotia lately (keep them coming – I genuinely love my role of de facto, pro bono travel advisor for Tourism Nova Scotia). And, it seems…

Best Runner-Up Nova Scotia Beaches (A-H)

There are too many “runner-up” beaches to squeeze into a single post, so I’ve decided to sort things alphabetically.

Some of these locations rank far higher in my mind than others but they’re all worth…