Priorities

A Nest Full of Nothing

Back when his feathers still had that youthful blue shimmer in the sunlight, he would fly low over the village…

2 months ago

When Enough Is Finally Enough

They sold us a picture in glossy disguise,A life neatly wrapped with a bow on the side,Where nothing is lost…

2 months ago

When Plans Fail, Life Begins

Claire had spent three weeks in Costa Rica, and like most people who go there expecting a vacation, she left…

4 months ago

Equal, Not Identical

There’s something odd happening between men and women these days, and it’s not as progressive as we like to pretend…

4 months ago

Hitting Decline on Nature

There was a time when the loudest notification in our lives was the crack of a twig under a wandering…

5 months ago

Cart Wars: The Unofficial Olympics

I am convinced grocery shopping should be televised. Not just as background noise on some lifestyle channel between “How to…

5 months ago

The Clock Nobody Owns

Most of us live like time is sitting in our back pocket, right beside our wallet and car keys. We…

5 months ago

Trading Tension for Intention

Somewhere along the way, tension became a virtue. If you are busy, you must be important.If you are stressed, you…

5 months ago

Our First Tropical Christmas

If someone had told me a few years ago that our first Christmas outside Canada would involve palm trees lit…

8 months ago

The Time When Shiny Replaced Special

I knew things were going downhill when I was placed in a box labelled “Seasonal Misc.” That is not storage.…

8 months ago