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Oct 18, 20223 min read
SPI-ritual
Read this on galpod.com. Following the 12-week course of The Artist Way, I’ve been thinking about my spirituality. One lens through which...
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Oct 11, 20221 min read
Searching for my Voice
Read this on galpod.com. My writing voice has always been strong. As I mentioned, people often tell me I write like I talk, that they can...
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Oct 4, 20222 min read
Embracing Fragility
Read this on galpod.com. As I mentioned, I’ve been thinking about fragility after experiencing the fantastic Maria Bartuszová exhibit at...
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Sep 27, 20222 min read
On Belonging
Read this on galpod.com. In my last prompt, I asked you to consider what makes you feel like you belong. I noted a while ago that being...
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Sep 13, 20222 min read
Goals and Plans
Read this on galpod.com. It’s the new school year, and there are two kids in Secondary School in this household. This means adjusting to...
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Sep 6, 20224 min read
Retrospect Travel Log: North East America
Read this on galpod.com. This travel log will be a bit different to the previous ones in the sense that I find the US and Canada much...
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Jul 19, 20222 min read
Ten Things I Learned This Year
Read this on galpod.com. On Friday, I asked myself and my writing group what have we learned over the school year. It was a worthwhile...
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Jun 14, 20222 min read
A Letter to My Daughter on her Eleventh Birthday
Read this on galpod.com. My Love, My, how you’ve grown this year. It’s been a tough year, no doubt. With the onset of puberty and the...
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Jun 10, 20221 min read
Friday Prompt: Book Review
Read this on galpod.com. Books, for me, are portals to different worlds and minds. I love getting stuck in a book. One of the books that...
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Jun 7, 20222 min read
What I Learned from a Week of Reading Deprivation
Read this on galpod.com. I’m doing a round of The Artist’s Way. Last week was Week 4, and it contains the reading deprivation exercise....
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May 24, 20222 min read
Word Trail: Emotions, Motion, and Moments
Read this on galpod.com. A little while ago, I had the privilege of listening to Pragna Patel. She has been an activist for women’s...
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May 17, 20223 min read
Physical limitations
Read this on galpod.com. Lately, I’ve been thinking about physical limitations. I’ve gone and tore my left meniscus, the part of our knee...
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Apr 26, 20222 min read
Doing Nothing is Hard Work
Read this on galpod.com. My knee has been acting up lately. It forced me to rest, to not do stuff all the time. Sure, I read and listen...
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Mar 29, 20222 min read
Self Acceptance and Self Improvement
Read this on galpod.com. I’ve been thinking about the tension between self-acceptance and self-improvement. On the one hand, I’m on a...
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Mar 22, 20222 min read
Foreign Languages
Read this on galpod.com. Last week, I went to a concert at my son’s school. There are always concerts at my son’s school, but that’s not...
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Mar 15, 20222 min read
Flight Mode for People
Read this on galpod.com. Last week, quite miraculously, I took myself to a writing retreat in Devon. I didn’t really see much of the...
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Mar 8, 20222 min read
Word Trail: Armour/amour (and a surprise!)
Read this on galpod.com. Come on a word trail with me. This one is fun. So, a while ago, I jotted down in my little notebook to research...
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Mar 1, 20222 min read
On Eyesight
Read this on galpod.com. This is somewhat related to the prompt I posted on Friday. Have a read here. Missed the post? Consider...
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Jan 5, 20222 min read
The Great Book Parade of 2021
Read this on galpod.com. I read 43 books in 2021, a number I’m proud of. Reading 43 books a year means I read a book every 8.5 days or...
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Dec 30, 20214 min read
2021 Year Review
Read this on galpod.com. We’ve been fortunate to be able to visit our family this year. I know many people weren’t so lucky. It’s been...
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