Margaret Blackwood remembers when kids were free to roam their neighbourhoods without fear of abduction by strangers. She also remembers her first encounter with a potentially dangerous stranger.
Have You Googled Yourself Lately?
Many people won’t admit to Googling their own names, but our writer George Burden not only admits to the somewhat narcissistic practice, he also says it can be fun to discover all the people who aren’t you but who share your name. So have you self-Googled lately?
A Visit Home
In this evocative post, Hippy Urban Girl writes, “I want to return home even as I know that the home I want to return to is gone, evaporated into the cycle of death, returned to the earth, the sand and becoming a part of a different story carved out of a piece of driftwood.”
Abandon All Faith, Hope and Charity, Ye Who Enter Here
Many of us learn the virtues of hope, faith and charity as we grow up. But how do those virtues really serve us through our lives. As Victoria Klassen discovers, there’s a flip side to everything.
Simplifying, Stage 3: Persistence
In Part 3 of his series on simplifying life, Lorne Daniel draws the connection between the persistence of long distance runners and the persistence required by humans to make significant changes in the way we live.
Taking a Commission on Compassion
That Kind of Girl takes a look at how compassion has become an industry in which some non-profits compete for a smaller piece of the pie in a dog-eat-dog capitalist approach to pulling in charity dollars.
Stepping Out of Our Comfort Zone
Over the past few years I’ve been working hard to break through my safety bubble. Albeit, I am still approaching every opportunity to step out of my comfort zone in the only way I truly know how…cautiously….weighing out the consequences. However, now I am saying “yes” to more things that scare me, whether that fear is legitimate or not. Slowly but surely I am facing some of my fears head on
How to Be Alone
Some people can never be alone without anxiety and some people need lots of alone time to revitalize their souls. Kerry Slavens explores the difference between alone and lonely and shares a beautiful YouTube video she discovered called “How to Be Alone.”
Making Your Mark: Your Signature and Yourself
Your signature is kind of like an old pair of jeans: familiar and comfortable, and uniquely shaped by its association with you. For some of us, it’s the only handwriting we do anymore thanks to the advent of digital. What does your signature say about you?
Whose History Is It Anyway?
Bruce Kemp feels cheated that he was never taught in school about the Underground Railroad or the fact that Uncle Tom’s Cabin was right in Canada, a country to which American slaves escaped in search of freedom and human rights. And he wonders, how many other people don’t know about this important part of our heritage?
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