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I don't know about you, but I am finding the world to be a wearying and discouraging place these days. More than that: terrible, maddening, heartbreaking. Racism. Sexism. Environmental crisis. Every day seems to bring...

1 Aug

A Leaf on a Time-Tree

What about your apocalypse then? Well, the universe is a leaf on a time-tree, and come autumn it's going to shrivel and fall off into hell. -- China Mieville, Kraken There's a heat warning for...

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11 Jul

What To Say When Nature Gets Scary

This past weekend, my mom was evacuated from her home in British Columbia due to wildfires. She's still evacuated; she knows that her home is still standing, but the fires are still burning and...

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4 Jul

How To Camp With Kids

Adventures, Home Page, Whole Family Happiness

It was going to be our last canoe trip before moving to the US; to say that we were looking forward to it would be a gross understatement. We loved those trips. Sure, they...

30 Jun

14 Reasons to Stay Home This Weekend

We’re staying home this long weekend. It’s too hot at our usual getaway (our current happy place), and we’ve just been too busy to make other plans. We may head to the beach for...

26 Jun

Find Your Happy Place

(Part III in a series on the pursuit of purpose, whole happiness, and – because we should always dream big – a better world. Read Part I here, and Part II here. Go here...

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12 Jun

Connecting In The Garden

by Lola Augustine Brown

Whole Family Happiness

Truth be told, I am not that interested in getting out into nature. I’m not a hiker, or particularly interested in pitching a tent unless at a music festival, and my preferred interests all...