• Happy Solstice!

    For me, this day is one of the most meaningful of the year. A day to acknowledge that there is never darkness without the promise of light. A day to remember that the light is

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  • The Unwanted Journey

    Since our house fire in May, I’ve been thinking a lot about “unwanted journeys.” These aren’t the fun trips and adventures we avidly sign up for. And they are definitely not situations we would ever

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  • Honouring Endings

    When I was a kid, every time I finished a book I would read the last sentence out loud. I don’t know how I came to start this ritual, but it meant a lot to

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  • Giving In, To Surprise

    “Surprise: To cause to feel wonder, astonishment, or amazement (as at something unanticipated).” Way back in the winter, my girlfriend Malve told me to reserve a particular day in June. “Block the whole day off,”

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  • Being a Mirror

    The word “enabling” gets a bad rap. Long associated with a dysfunctional relationship dynamic, the popular meaning for this term is unhealthy behaviour that allows for the continuation of an addiction. Probably the most common

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  • The Power of Presence

    One year ago, I wrote about how I accidentally became a runner well into my forties, and my experience of running a race at the Blue Nose Marathon in Halifax. In particular, I examined how

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  • The Third

    “Who is the third who walks always beside you? When I count, there are only you and I together But when I look ahead up the white road There is always another one walking beside

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