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.
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Drawing water from the spring
Drawing water from a spring inspires reflection on where this essential resource comes from.
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Whatever your problems are…
Always remind yourself: somewhere, someone else has it worse.
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Know your hoverflies
Bees attract attention. Even if you’re not afraid of them, when there’s a bee around, you take notice. Besides the fact that they…
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Backyard habitat for black swallowtail caterpillars
After observing a black swallowtail butterfly laying eggs, I’m pleased to host its caterpillars on my dill plant.
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Native among the herbs: Monarda fistulosa
One 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….
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Where have all the flowers gone?
Where have all the flowers gone? It’s a hackneyed question, but I needed an answer today. I found them growing by the Grand…
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Corduroy road excavated in uptown Waterloo
Last month construction workers in uptown Waterloo uncovered a corduroy road beneath King Street. According to archaeologist Charlton Carscallen it was probably one…
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Earth Day: get a jump on spring planting
My neighbour disapproves of me gardening before the end of May. He doesn’t say so directly, but makes sidelong references to inevitable cold…
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Men’s knitting retreat: an act of creativity
The 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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