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Introducing My…Dreadsheet

I’ve been thinking about dread lately. That sounds like a rather somber and melancholy topic, but I’ve been considering it in the context of what that emotion can tell me. More generally I feel…

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  • Life, Mental Health, Personality Insights
  • May, 29, 2024
  • 31 Comments

Favourite Things: April + May 2024

It’s time for another round of Favourite Things. I have an eclectic mix today: some food, some outdoor furniture, some traffic decisions – and more!

Let’s get this party started…

MY GO-TO GRANOLA YOGURT PROTEIN BLAST

What…

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  • Favourite Things
  • May, 28, 2024
  • 35 Comments

Top Five/Bottom Five: Ice Cream Flavours

I know people will have some Thoughts on this subject. Let’s remember we’re all friends here and that there are no right or wrong answers. (Okay, there are some wrong answers; liquorice or bubble…

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  • Food, Top Five/Bottom Five
  • May, 27, 2024
  • 43 Comments

Happy Things Friday: 24 May

The world seems shrouded in heaviness lately. Some of it is the era (COVID was an unprecedented experience; we’re living through periods of major political, economic and climate upheaval), and some of it is…

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  • Happy Things Friday
  • May, 24, 2024
  • 35 Comments

Letting Our Hair Down

I couldn’t fall asleep last night and apparently hair is on my mind.

In the last week Lisa, Engie, Rachel, and Stephany have all posted gorgeous pictures of their locks fresh off a trip to…

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  • Random
  • May, 23, 2024
  • 44 Comments

My Year of Shmita: April Update

Oh, April. I feel like the wheels fell off my pursuit of rest last month. Mostly it was an unsettled spirit, not necessarily a lack of physical downtime. I also felt decidedly hypocritical -…

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  • Quotes, Sabbath, Year of Shmita
  • May, 22, 2024
  • 30 Comments

Cozy…

I recently finished Cozy by Isabel Gillies. I’d rate the book “a bit unsatisfying” – started strong, finished with a whimper – but it inspired me to write out a list of things that…

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  • Favourite Things, Joy, Personality Insights
  • May, 21, 2024
  • 36 Comments
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