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Rue 💖

This time of year Rue would shuffle through the leaves sniffing the ground and then look up at me with a leaf stuck to her chin. I thank her for joining me on many walks when we would gently stroll

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Burls

When trees are stressed or injured they can develop burls which are protruding, woody growths to heal themselves. The tree can go on to live a long and healthy life and grow over and around the burl. As humans we

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Lego Cat

Lego Cat is rigid and built to look in one direction (let’s say at its food bowl). The food is (literally) made of plastic. We do this as humans, too. We stare ahead at what we think the only option

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Change in Direction

Sometimes we are so used to heading in a certain direction that we don’t even question our established behaviours and patterns. We’re moving forward on the path we want to go (or so we think). And then something happens…we acutely

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No Fixed Address

I’m grateful to live in a comfortable condominium in an upscale neighbourhood and close to the harbour and lake. My belongings are mostly here. Some are in a storage locker far away. My cat is here. I have friends here.

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A Puffball Story

We were hiking with the dogs and in the middle of the path we came across this mushroom on display looking as if someone glued on hundreds of little gemstones. We stopped to admire it…at first. I don’t actually know

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