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Building a new house to see us into old age meant saying goodbye to a red maple tree in our back yard. Having it cut down was sad, but we felt a little better when we found new uses for it, just as we're finding...
There’s a big difference between demolition and deconstruction, as my husband and I learned. We had long dreamed of a net zero house, such that we produce as much electricity as we use, and now in later years, we wanted something that would serve us...
I have so appreciated the helpfulness and civility of Halifax’s civil servants. They have worked with us with patience and kindness to figure out ways that we could live in our current house while we build a new house directly behind on the same property....
It’s been a while since I’ve posted anything, mainly because my husband and I have been absorbed in launching a big project – building new housing to see us into very old age. I’ve been urged to write about our experiences around this, to get...
How we interact with others reflects our “reciprocity style” – giver, taker, or matcher – and may determine our success in life. I think, too, that our favoured style may change over the years. I was probably a matcher in my youth, and now, hopefully,...
Have you ever wondered why you do whatever it is you do each day? Filling time with actions that aren’t significant for us can leave us feeling hollow, but focusing our attention on what really matters can fill us with a strong sense of purpose and meaning. It can dramatically change how we feel about things.
I sat down on New Year’s Day to do something I’d never done before – create my bucket list. I have lots of ideas about things I want to do, see, feel, and experience in life – perfect candidates for a bucket list – but somehow too many of my days were getting filled with other kinds of busyness. What about you?
Our really ancient TV finally died, and I’ve been pleasantly surprised by the resulting creative burst that has opened up with that new space in my life.
I was gratified to learn that my music-making effort “is the brain’s equivalent of a full-body workout” (Brain Pickings). This is because both left and right sides of the brain are called into play. Listening to music lights up the brain, but not as much as when you make the music.
I recently had the pleasure of working with Dalhousie University nursing students in their final year. They taught me a thing or two about the flu and flu vaccine based on their search of the literature.
