Celebrating the good things about Canada this Canada Day. Good reasons to live there, great reasons to visit. Live it, love it, and travel well… Canada is far from perfect. There’s still a lot…
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Share your biggest secrets and wipe away the bad omens left over from 2017. Tea Secrets is an anonymous platform to help you unburden yourself from your secrets and deepen your connection with the…
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Easter has come and gone. Often in many places around the world this means shared meals, and hopefully some chocolate whether it’s bunny-shaped, or not. And for many more people, it means attending church…
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Love isn’t an endangered resource. Trust me. If you want some you’ll have to dole it out until you’re almost running on empty. The only way to get is to open up the levies and give. Valentine’s Day.…
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10 Reasons You Should Become an Empress [infographic]
“Imagination is the only weapon in the war against reality.” -Alice in Wonderland This is the story about how this blog began… Once upon a time, about 5 years ago, I was exploring…
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arts & music pregnancy & parenting relationships & love sisterhood
I Never Said I Was a Visual Artist
This is nothing like I had visualized in my head. It was going to be so grand. A beautiful use of natural or artificial light to convey a moment words would be hard…
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It is rainy season in Indonesia, and it has been raining practically everyday. It is a blessing in this tropical environment. The air conditioner gets turned of in the morning and we let the…
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Last September, Jakarta elected a new governor, Joko Widodo for the next five years. He had won against incumbent Fauzi Bowo who is largely viewed by disgruntled Jakarta’s populace to have failed at fulfilling…
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culture & community relationships & love travel
Yellowknife via Photo – Because Describing it in Words Will Only Tell You How I Really Feel.
I’ve lived in Yellowknife for four years this September. I still don’t know how I feel about it. I describe my relationship with this city as a love/hate kinda thing. I can’t wait to…
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The stench reaches my nose long before I’m anywhere near the mess. The smell is putrid, a combination of dank and ripe, with notes of sewer, maggots and mold thrown in for good measure.…