As Christmas and New Years Day nears, I want to take a moment to consider gratitude. Appreciate Everything. The habit of being grateful starts with appreciating every good thing in life and recognizing that there is nothing too small for you to be thankful for. I am grateful to have a comfortable home to wake up in each morning. Find Gratitude in your Challenges. Gratitude is not only about being thankful for positive experiences. In fact, sometimes thinking about difficult…
For those of you who don’t know, I’ve had a few surgeries on my left shoulder after multiple dislocations in my late teens and early twenties, until there came a point…
One of the things I have come to enjoy during this new phase in my life of not having to go to work is the ongoing landscaping development in our yard.…
Early July of 2022 found us all getting dressed up for the first time in several years to attend an old friends family wedding. It was an occasion I wanted us…
Standing Rock Caves Trail We have now hiked this trail in every season and this is still my favourite hike around Collingwood. This hike combines the blue-blazed Standing Rock and Singhampton…
I hold an active Master Scuba Diver Trainer’s Certificate and have over 3000 logged dives. In 1978, I was lucky enough to travel to Isla Mujeres off the coast of Cancun…
Quidi Vidi Village (above). After more than two years of waiting, we finally managed to get to Newfoundland this summer for two weeks with our friends Dorothy and Mark from Victoria.…
Over the past three years, Yim and I have shifted to a plant based diet and along the way, we’ve started paying more attention to our bodies and what we need…
Nine years ago, when we bought our property, one of the reasons we bought here was because there was a 200 foot ecological nature preserve surrounding the development, which meant there…
For every gram of fibre we eat, we can increase our stool by nearly two grams, due to the fiber fermentation process in our colon. Why should we care how much…
The Distillery District is a commercial and residential district in Toronto, Ontario, Canada, east of downtown, which is made up of numerous cafés, restaurants, and shops housed within incredible heritage buildings…
