I took a lot of notes from the Migraine World Summit this past week. It’s an online conference that I’ve “attended” for several years and it’s always highly educational, motivating, and helpful. Here are some of the highlights for me from this year’s event: key takeaways I sensed a shift towards focussing on the positive as well as analyzing the…
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Some Links I’ve Saved Lately
Once a week I try to take a dedicated chunk of time to read through a curated list of newsletters, blogs, online magazines etc. I don’t read everything. But I take some notes, maybe copy out some quotes, and save links to longer articles that I can read throughout the following week. It saves me from doomscrolling through the newsfeeds,…
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My Camera Roll Lately: The Annex & Koreatown
On an unseasonably warm March Break day, we headed into Toronto’s Annex and Koreatown neighbourhoods for an afternoon of meandering, shopping, coffee and photography. Here are a few shots from my camera roll that day. Trinity St. Paul’s United Church Climate Chaos is here Annex laneway Tulips Photos taken with an Olympus E-M10 Mark III.
My First Reading Journal Flip-Through
I started my first reading journal at the start of the pandemic in 2020. I’d been invited to a book club that was discussing Braiding Sweetgrass by Robin Wall Kimmerer, and I though it would be a good idea to keep some notes. (By the way, everyone must read this book.) I decided to keep going with the notebook, and…
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On Making a Personal Moodboard
Making a moodboard is such a fun and inspiring creative task. Typically you would make them for a client or a creative team. But I love them for personal projects too. So what is a moodboard, and what purpose does it serve? A moodboard, sometimes called an inspiration board, is a tool to help you hone your visual ideas at…
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