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The Healing Power of Walking

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The first day of my first-ever proper hike coincided with the summer solstice last month. For a week, I got to explore southern Italy’s Campania region, most particularly the Amalfi…

Learning to Embrace Silence

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The idea for this month’s blog post germinated when drafting the part of May’s post about self-care and being more selective about the things we waste our time on as…

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On May 17, 2001, my father breathed his last breath. 9 days later, I turned 10. I look again at this photo of the birthday party two days after my…

Both/And

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A little over a year ago, my cat Chibi came into the world. I welcomed her home when she was a ball of fur so delicate she needed to be…

Endings, Beginnings, & the In-Between Bits

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2025 was a year of grieving. Despite the glimmers – the first half with Miyo, the Niagara Falls, a restorative countryside break, my sister marrying her soulmate and my brother…

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