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Monthly Archives: May 2012
Writing a Difference in the World
This is the final day of the WordCount Blogathon. I finished with flying colours, posting every day of the month. Speed River Journal received more visits than ever before. The three most popular posts have a common underlying theme of … Continue reading
Sustainability: Reflection and Blog Roll
The more I garden, the more I want to garden. The more I research permaculture, the more I recognize a huge gap in my knowledge about sustainable practises. The courses I might undertake all appear to be prohibitively expensive. For … Continue reading
Re-establishing the Craft of Writing
Blogging every day in May for the WordCount Blogathon has been a fascinating adventure. Not in years have I devoted so much time to researching and writing about these topics that impassion me. I found both a creative groove and … Continue reading
Welcoming an Old Friend: Lemon Verbena
Yesterday I ran errands to pick up: more discarded cardboard from the LCBO for the vegetable garden, a couple eavestrough adapters to hook up the rainbarrel, and some more sheep manure from Brock Road Nursery. At the final stop I … Continue reading
Posted in gardening
Tagged aloysia citrodora, fragrance, gardening, herbs, lemon balm, lemon verbena
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Inspiration: Lorraine Roy
We all need people who inspire us, whether heroes, models, mentors or friends. During the WordCount Blogathon Speed River Journal will present a special Saturday feature profiling people I admire. These are all living people whose work relates directly or … Continue reading
Guelph’s Two Rivers at Risk
Guelph’s natural river heritage may be at risk if changes to the city’s official plan are approved by City Council on June 5. This is occurring without adequate public scrutiny of the draft plan, OPA 84. In response, a new … Continue reading
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Tagged city parks, eramosa river, green space, greenways, Guelph, opa 48, speed river, urbanology
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The Baillie Birdathon: My Biggest Day of Birding Ever
The Baillie Birdathon yesterday was an excellent adventure. The birds, as always, presented some surprises. Some of my favourite sightings were black terns and a green heron. At Monticello Wetland a provincially rare Le Conte’s sparrow perched upon the observation … Continue reading
Posted in nature
Tagged baillie birdathon, birding, black tern, conservation, green heron, le conte's sparrow, little tract, luther marsh, wellington county, woodpeckers
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If I Started Blogging Today: Passion & Discipline
This is a themed post for the WordCount Blogathon. If I started blogging today, I would stick to following my passion. Doing so requires a counterbalancing quality: discipline. As a budding creative person in my early 30s, I valued beauty, … Continue reading
Posted in creativity
Tagged blogging, brainstorming, carol lloyd, creativity, david campbell, discipline, passion, self-improvement
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Bringing Inspiration Home
It was good to be away. It is good to be home. Normally vacations leave me mildly depressed about returning to life as usual. This time I am buoyant with new inspiration for the present, and hope for the future. … Continue reading
Posted in creativity
Tagged earthworm eggs, earthworms, gardening, inspiration, men's spring knitting retreat, permaculture, red wrigglers, spinning, travel, vermiculture, weather, weaving, worm chalet, writing
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