Yesterday, I spent the day at one of my absolute favourite places—The Renaissance Faire! If you are not familiar, a Renaissance Faire is a recreation of a Renaissance or Medieval village. They are filled with costumed actors, crafts and games to give patrons the illusion…
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Life is Magic: My Home
Read moreYou were once wild here. Don’t let them tame you. —Isadora Duncan I live on the side of a mountain. Just beyond our backyard is a state forest—Norvin Green State Forest. (If you’d like to see a map, you can look here. We live on…
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Destroy what destroys you.
Read moreEverything passes. Everything changes. Just do what you think you should do. —Bob Dylan Recently a gracious friend featured my words in his essay, How we see. In it, I said that my journey through crippling depression was like crossing a river. There are two…
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A Beautiful Fight
Read moreSometimes you climb out of bed in the morning and you think, I’m not going to make it, but you laugh inside—remembering all the times you’ve felt that way. —Charles Bukowski Yesterday I wrote about how I’ve been struggling. Today a sense of calm swept…
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Trust Your Struggle
Read more“My mouth is a fire escape. The words coming out don’t care that they are naked, there is something burning in here.” —Andrea Gibson Sometimes we want to say something, but words fail us. Maybe we want to describe the goosebumps that crawl all over…
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It is what you think about.
Read moreIt isn’t what you have, or who you are, or where you are, or what you are doing that makes you happy or unhappy. It is what you think about. —Dale Carnegie If only I had that thing… If only I could be more like…
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Food Diary: August
Read moreIt’s no secret that I love food, but what you may not know is that I also like to take pictures of it. As a part of my ongoing commitment to fitness, I’m sharing my favourite healthy culinary creations with ya’ll in a new Food…
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Let Go of Your Ego
Read moreWhen ego is lost, limit is lost. You become infinite, kind, beautiful. Do you know the difference between your true self and your ego? Many people don’t. In fact, they don’t even realize that there is a difference between the two. Most people identify themselves…
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Waiting for a Sign
Read moreI’ve been cleaning out my Google Docs today and I stumbled across a little note that I wrote to myself. I thought you might get something from it, too. Intentions. Saturday, July 31st, 2010: To gain clarity through peace of mind and heart. To quiet…