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Top Five/Bottom Five: The Best and Worst Ice Cream Flavours

Originally published May 2024; updated July 2026

Some subjects are almost too controversial for polite company.

Politics. Whether the toilet paper roll should go over or under (we all know the answer is OVER, right?).

And,…

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  • Top Five/Bottom Five, Food
  • 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

Guest Post: Welcome Melissa!!

I’m excited to welcome Melissa to my little corner of the internet this May morning. Hosting someone from the other side of the world – quite literally – is always extra thrilling. Melissa hails…

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  • Blogging, Friendship, Guest Post
  • May, 20, 2024
  • 17 Comments

Happy Things Friday: 17 May

Hello!! It feels good to be writing again. It also felt good to go offline and just…be.

I spent the last few weeks trying to focus on rest (to the degree it was within…

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  • Happy Things Friday
  • May, 17, 2024
  • 37 Comments
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