Priorities

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…

1 month 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…

1 month 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…

2 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…

3 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…

3 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…

3 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…

6 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.…

6 months ago

Chasing Wonder in a World Too Busy

Remember when looking up at the night sky could stop you mid-step? You would be walking home after a long…

7 months ago

The Validation Nation of Social Media

Social media was supposed to connect us, but it feels more like a bad group project where nobody knows what’s…

7 months ago