living purposefully…not perfectly
When mired in the muck of a project, it is easy to become impatient when it stalls. Anxious frustration is used in a futile attempt to propel lost momentum. One such project that had us tugging to free our mud-stuck boots was the raising of the cabin.
Read more “Lesson #10 The Phoenix Rises When It’s Good and Ready”I was reading about Ottawa’s newest Poet Laureate: Albert Dumont. This accomplished Algonquin poet, storyteller and elder believes that to write poetry, one need not be refined or polished (thank goodness). Instead, one simply needs to be a human being with a heart.
Read more “Shootin’ the Breeze”This topic has been on my mind for a while. I first read about it in Greg McKeown’s Essentialism but am fairly certain it is a well-known affliction. I tiredly pumped my fists in the air after reading: AHA! That explains it!
Read more “Decision Fatigue”Recent provincial measures and interprovincial bridge shutdowns have imposed a welcomed break from cabin renovations.
Read more “Lesson #9 The Flow of Water”A friend recently highlighted an ailment suffered by many of us: Impatientitits. You may know its sister syndrome: Get’erdonetosis.
I am not sure which planets were aligning this week, but the celestial happenings caused me to lose my rational stuffing.
Read more “Keep Calm and Plant A Tree”We often have crap in our lives that requires curb kicking. Some items and entities go willingly while others hang on for dear life. Or it is us that cling. Either way, stuff can be harder to shake than a fleece-embedded burr.
Read more “Lesson #8 Heeding the Spirit of Stuff”It is liberating to finally open the windows and breathe fresh air deeply into winter-weary lungs.
Read more “Spring Cleaning”You have met Stella the wood stove and our eight squatting squirrels (eviction papers successfully served).
I would now like to introduce Bert.
Read more “Lesson #7 Nature’s Call”
I have been wondering whether or not to disclose the purchase price of the cabin. I asked a friend for advice.
Read more “It Really Is Not About the Money”