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Celebrate World Wildlife Day!
It’s been almost 10 years since the UN declared every March 3rd to be World Wildlife Day.
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Dear Wonderful Kid: A Pink Shirt Day Letter
With the impending approach of Pink Shirt Day, I’ve had a lot to think about.
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Valentine’s Day: The Language of Roses
Whether you’re a fan of February the 14th or not, it’s hard not to notice it’s coming.
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Celebrating Penguins!
They’re cute, funny, amazing … and disappearing! National Penguin Awareness Day is a day just for them.
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A Two-Dollar Christmas – The Elephant Journal Editor’s Pick
The Elephant Journal – Editor’s Pick
A Two-Dollar Christmas
A Great Depression. A terrible war. Four children counting on you. What do you do when you can’t afford Christmas?
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Christmas Through New Eyes
Not everybody looks for Santa on Christmas Eve. Around the world, Christmas truly is the Holiday of many colours.
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The Amazing Christmas Truce of 1914
Can the spirit of Christmas survive even the worst circumstances?
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I’ve been blogging since 2014. It was that year that I developed my first blog, “Mother Nature’s Compass”. This is a lighthearted and casual look into the wonders and miracles of nature, one of my favourite topics. Today, I’ve developed a new blog titled “Diversity, Inclusion and Triumph! It chronicles the stories of people who fought for equality and inclusion for themselves and others — and won! See my blog links below, then read some sample posts.
Mother Nature’s Compass
Diversity, Inclusion and Triumph!
Mother Nature’s Medicine
Blog: Mother Nature’s Compass
Original Publication Date: May 5, 2016
Phew! What a week! My spring allergies were acting up, so I’d been sneezing, coughing and snuffling all week long, broken up only by the discomfort of a tight chest…
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Turning Over a New Rock: Crabs
Blog: Mother Nature’s Compass
Original Publication Date: June 20, 2014
Do you remember running down to the seashore in the golden June sunshine to hunt out purple stars, watch little jet-streams spurt of out of clam beds and flip over a few rocks, just to watch the wee crabs skitter…
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I’ve had articles published in a number of magazines over the last twenty years both local and national. These include Our Canada magazine, published by Reader’s Digest, Nature Photographer Magazine, Canadian Stories and others. In 2016, I won first place in Canadian Stories’ Creative Non-Fiction Contest. I have a wide range of tones and voices.
Nature in the City
Publication: Nature Photographer
Original Publication Date: Autumn/Winter 2019/2020
It was one of those dusky, smelly mornings that make you think you’ll never take another breath of fresh, clear air again…
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Long Ago by the Lake
Publication: Our Canada Magazine
Original Publication Date: August/September 2014
Uncle Zacharias told us that he used to live in a canvas tent by the little pool of water that would come to be known as Armistice Lake…
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St. Lucy
Adaptation of original Wikimedia file by Manfred Haferburg. Original photograph by Ron Kroon.
