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Yup! I’ve Done That, Too

Hot on the heels of another Never Have I Ever post, here are some more things I have actually done!

Gone more than 48 hours without food. (I did a 5-day…maybe I only made it…

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  • Never Have I Ever, Personality Insights, Random
  • Aug, 18, 2025
  • 40 Comments

Happy Things Friday: 15 August

I blinked, and somehow August is already half over. Anyone else feeling that way? I’m not complaining — just… observing!

This past week was a mixed bag: a blend of relaxed time at home (translation:…

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  • Happy Things Friday
  • Aug, 15, 2025
  • 49 Comments

Hiking Castle Rock, Nova Scotia: Trail Guide, Tips, and the Scenic View

Years ago, we were looking for a way to fill a (very long) summer day with young kids. We found ourselves on Nova Scotia’s South Shore with no particular destination in mind, when a…

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  • Exercise, Family, Nova Scotia, Travel
  • Aug, 13, 2025
  • 23 Comments

Never Have I Ever…Part 11

Gone hitchhiking. (As a kid, I was definitely in the car when my dad picked up hitchhikers, which wasn’t all that unusual at the time. In university, I worked with someone who hitchhiked the…

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  • Never Have I Ever, Personality Insights, Random
  • Aug, 11, 2025
  • 48 Comments

Still Shining Here, But Adding an Extra Beacon!

The prudent thing would be to take things slowly. Ease into a new idea. Let it marinate.

But instead, I’m sitting outside in my hammock, throwing the ropes off and setting sail. (In other words,…

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  • Blogging, Creativity, Lighthouses
  • Aug, 10, 2025
  • 23 Comments

Happy Things Friday: 8 August

Wowzers. One full week of August is in the rearview mirror. It was another busy one with, as I alluded to yesterday, the typical ups and downs of life. A huge thanks to everyone…

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  • Happy Things Friday
  • Aug, 08, 2025
  • 42 Comments

This is *Not* a Happy Things Post

Lest you think my life is one big Happy Things Friday montage, rest assured — there’s always stuff happening behind the scenes. Some of it’s bloggable, some of it’s…not. (When SHU and I had…

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  • Hard Things, Life
  • Aug, 07, 2025
  • 55 Comments
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