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So, the "Before" is the time pre-March 12th.   The "After" is somewhere ahead.   Is this the "Middle" yet?The "stay at home" and "social distance if you have to go out" edicts are still firmly in place in my region.    Groceries, pharmacies, self-serve gas, liquor stores, and building supply outl...
04/21/2020
Change means we have to shift around our established thought patterns, have to let go of this idea that we are somehow in charge.   Pretty scary.   Letting go is not easy.   Easier to try to stuff the past into the future, while we are still mired in the present.  Change.   It will always force u...
03/29/2020
Summer-summer sings a siren song at this time of year.   In the middle of summer, swimming and kayaking and sailing, it's impossible to believe that the earth will soon freeze and snow appear.  In the middle of winter, I simply do not believe that it will ever be possible to jump in the ocean by ...
03/04/2020
Time to pay attention to Nature...and to remember to carry a camera.   Almost missed this huge eagle, enjoying the sun of very early Spring on the great Pacific Northwest Coast.   His view is Ganges Harbour, on Salt Spring Island, in the Canadian Southern Gulf Islands.   We think about the whales...
02/23/2020
Been practicing your periphery vision? Exercising your editing function? Reading a little philosophy now and again? Raw data (even when speeded up) is not information. The Japanese concept of forest bathing might be a way to allow one to remember how to be oneself, in the midst of all the speedy...
01/28/2020
Change is the theme of 2020 and it's being driven by technology. Artificial Intelligence, machine learning, speed of connectivity (yes, 5G), 3-D printers, online shopping, emoji conversations (bypassing need for language skills, as the icons are understood globally), death of privacy, reliance o...
01/17/2020
January 6, 2020. The English tradition celebrates the 12 Days of Christmas...starting with decorating the Christmas Tree on December 24, Christmas Eve. Today is the 12th day, January 6, when the tree is taken down and the annual Christmas festival is over for another year. A special menu, often w...
01/06/2020
Anyone with a Scottish background has taken down the decorations, has done some spring-cleaning, and is all ready to welcome in the New Year. Called Hogmanay, it's a time for remembering and for celebrating and for welcoming in the new. A "first foot" is a part of the tradition...a gift brought ...
12/31/2019
Shop Local. We hear this a lot, in smaller rural communities. To shop local does mean one is supporting local businesses and thus is keeping the money circulating within the community...those small businesses trade with each other, send their children to local schools, support school sports and ...
12/09/2019
Today is the first celebration of Christmas holidays in Holland...special baked treats are a part of this. The Swedish Santa Lucia festival is on the 14th...the English celebrate the 12 Days of Christmas (December 24 to January 6)...the French make their main feast a Christmas Eve event...German...
12/05/2019
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