Seeing with and without cameras
Photography can be both a useful tool and a hindrance in observing nature.
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Why cicadas are important to me
Cicadas hold particular meaning for me. We hear them a lot more often than we see them, so I took the unusual opportunity…
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Awakening: images from a day in Prince Edward County
After posting a daily photo journal on Flickr for more than seven months in 2008 I seemed to burn out for one reason,…
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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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From Islam, lessons on nature, beauty and believing
Seyyed Hossein Nasr blames environmental decline on “the divorce of our understanding of nature from the sacred and the spiritual.” The Islamic philosopher…
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My porch sanctuary garden
A little effort can turn the smallest space into a fertile sanctuary.
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Opportunity and adventure: moving to Waterloo
It might look peaceful enough, but this living room is the scene of a recent dramatic transition. My partner and I have just…
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Gratitude and the exercise groove
The struggle to maintain good exercise habits reminds me of the importance of gratitude and ritual.
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Start the day with a nourishing ritual
Rituals are valuable. They help us focus and remember what matters to us. But we must not become slaves to activities that make…
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Winter Solstice 2013
Every year on the evening of Dec. 21, people gather in Toronto’s Kensington Market to celebrate Winter Solstice with a festival of fire…
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