Since being in Puerto Escondido for nearly a month now, I have been thinking a lot about creating space. About making a place your own. Creating something special and sacred just for you. At home my office is this for me. It has my beautiful things like my crystals and my oracle cards and my […]
living a good life
(Self) Acceptance
I have been thinking a lot about acceptance lately. Especially acceptance of the self. Acceptance of your body. The vessel that you have been given. I have been thinking about this all especially as I spend afternoons at the beach watching all kinds of people wearing small to little clothing interact. In my fourteen years […]
New Routines
Isn’t it incredible how quickly we fall into a new routine when life alters? Us humans are so incredibly adaptable which is, I suppose, one of the reasons that we reign on this planet. We have been here in our apartment in Puerto Escondido for nine days now and within a couple we had settled […]
The Stories We Tell
I used to tell myself – and sometimes others when I felt brave enough – that I was a wedding photography because my idea was always to work hard all spring-summer-autumn and then to take off for the winter. To travel. To explore. To live in new places. It was a great plan and it […]
Barn Owl & Childhood Memories
Childhood memories are funny things. The ones that we hold onto and carry into adulthood sometimes seem unusual. Out of everything that you experience, why do some moments stick out more than others? When I was ten, my family went on a big road trip throughout the USA and back. It was a massive trip […]
This is Sunday
Sundays are for lazying around in pyjamas. For reading. For drinking coffee. For soaking in the sun. For reflection. And for catching up. For peaceful quiet and preparation for another week. Sundays are for you. And for me. For family. For the ones you surround yourself in. This is Sunday. My thesis in my […]
Morning Ritual
I have a few things that I do every morning. I have been doing most of these things for a while now and it has just become a sort of routine. It wasn’t until the awesome Shawna Turner brought it up one morning in our Meditation & Writing circle that I realised this routine […]
An Ode to Glasses (and childhood and life things)
I have a long history with glasses and my vision. Ups and downs. Ebbs and flows. When I was a kid (I’m talking grade one) I had a bit of a lazy eye. As a result I had to get glasses. They were clear plastic: the lower half with a tinge of pink and the […]
Treat Like Gold
Ramblings from a Toronto cafe… If you work in customer service it is your job to be friendly to those who walk into your door or who wish to spend money on your services. Being friendly is part of your job. Full stop. Your job is not to pass judgement or have pre-conceived notions […]
Remember Your Roots
In March 1998 I met the guy who would eventually become my husband. It was grade twelve of high school and it was at a friend’s house party. Her parents were out so everyone came over, including a carload or two from the neighbouring town, Josh in one of them. He apparently saw me before […]