Depression and the double-edged sword of mindfulness
Mindfulness is a great tool for emotional well-being, but alone it can’t treat depression. Here’s my experience, and why it’s important.
Read MoreMindfulness is a great tool for emotional well-being, but alone it can’t treat depression. Here’s my experience, and why it’s important.
Read MoreDrawing water from a spring inspires reflection on where this essential resource comes from.
Read MoreAlways remind yourself: somewhere, someone else has it worse.
Read MoreBees attract attention. Even if you’re not afraid of them, when there’s a bee around, you take notice. Besides the fact that they…
Read MoreAfter observing a black swallowtail butterfly laying eggs, I’m pleased to host its caterpillars on my dill plant.
Read MoreOne of my favourite native wildflowers is Monarda fistulosa, wild bergamot. It’s the slightly plainer sister of the showy red-flowered herb M. didyma or bee-balm. M….
Read MoreWhere have all the flowers gone? It’s a hackneyed question, but I needed an answer today. I found them growing by the Grand…
Read MoreLast month construction workers in uptown Waterloo uncovered a corduroy road beneath King Street. According to archaeologist Charlton Carscallen it was probably one…
Read MoreMy neighbour disapproves of me gardening before the end of May. He doesn’t say so directly, but makes sidelong references to inevitable cold…
Read MoreThe idea of creativity invokes arts, crafts and design. We usually use it to describe an individual or small group of collaborators who…
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