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Gratitude in Practice: Kyria!!!

  • Friendship, Gratitude, Guest Post, Travel
  • Jun 11, 2025
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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 thinking about the ways travel might reshape or influence how we experience gratitude, Kyria was the first person who came…

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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…

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  • Lighthouses, Nova Scotia, Travel
  • Jun, 10, 2025
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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 —…

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  • Lighthouses, Nova Scotia, Travel
  • Jun, 09, 2025
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Too Big for My Britches? Blogging, Burnout & What Comes Next

I woke up early this morning and knew a rare Sunday post was brewing. This one might bounce around a bit — the way thoughts do when they’ve been rattling in my brain for…

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  • Blogging, Mental Health
  • Jun, 08, 2025
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Happy Things Friday: 6 June

I’m pretty sure all I have to do is show you my view while I’m writing this post (why don’t you quietly hum the Final Jeopardy theme song in your head while I go…

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  • Happy Things Friday, Organization
  • Jun, 06, 2025
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Never Have I Ever…Part 7

Seen a crocodile or alligator in the wild.

Been to a circus.

Had a walk-in bedroom closet.

Missed an airline flight.

Sung karaoke.

Visited a volcano.

Eaten an insect (on purpose — there was an incident my first time at…

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  • Never Have I Ever, Personality Insights, Random
  • Jun, 05, 2025
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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…

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  • Random, Travel
  • Jun, 04, 2025
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