This is my attempt at mind mapping my blog overview and tagging system, or creating a web of thoughts. Mind mapping isn’t an intuitive thing for me, but I think this exercise was helpful. I was inspired by two things. This statement from Alan Jacobs who writes a blog (and a newsletter) about many philosophical things, and sometimes blogs about…
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Memory-Keeping in My Daily Planner
This is how I use my daily planner for memory-keeping. With just a little space and minimal supplies, I can creatively document my days and memories. On this particular day we spent the evening at a flower farm, photographing and picking dahlias, so I made a little dahlia watercolour. This is just a blank space on today’s daily planner page….
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Migraine is a Storm System
I love a good comic to see things through a different lens. This one is so accurate. It was also featured in an article on UpWorthy. I’m apparently less cultured than this artist though, because I usually have The Office playing on my laptop in bed with me. Michael Scott seems to match my level of cynicism during the storm…
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From My Camera Roll: St. Lawrence Market
These photos on my camera roll are from St. Lawrence Market in Toronto several weeks ago. We love the jam-packed kitchen and housewares shop there. It was such a gorgeous day, and the street outside is blocked off to traffic during the summer months. We had fish-and-chips for lunch. Worth the wait in line, they are so good. We ate…
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Some Good Finds for September
Here are some good finds for September. Inspiring things I came across and saved to places like Instapaper, Pinterest and Spotify: I’ve been meaning to try a soda bread recipe forever, and this one is so simple, and just right. After a couple of tries, I can mix it together in the amount of time it takes the oven to…
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