Today is my birthday… and being a January child, I have learned to make the best of my birthday despite the exterior surroundings.Some years I just have a lazy reading day, and others, like this year, I find a pretense…
Silence can be a form of protest. It can be a means of survival. But it can also be a school of poetry—one with its own meter, tropes, and conventions. One that needn’t be written with pencils or pens; but…
Your third Monday of January from a mindful perspective Hello from the depths of January !I hope that you are watching this from a magical scenery of snow and clean bright light. But if like me, you are in a…
Reading goals for 2022, a special winter tea and Nobel Prize Laureate Orhan Pamuk Here we are, a new year, an opportunity to make it better than the last. I always find the idea a fresh new start better when…
Advent Calendar Day 24 We have arrived at the end of our Advent Calendar, dear friends. It’s been a joy beyond measure to share my December preparations and discoveries with you each evening, and I hope I’ve managed to bring…
Advent Calendar Day 23 There is something quietly magical in turning the page on a short Christmas tale by Louisa May Alcott: a sense of home, of small kindnesses, of time suspended in gentle snow. As my Advent ritual nears…
Ever since I was in school, and Christmas meant time off, I had some favourite activities that symbolized the relaxing mood of the holidays. And one of them, was watching Christmas movies. Animation or romantic comedies, famous books turned into…
Advent Calendar Day 21 It’s December 21st, and all across the globe, countless cultures celebrate this threshold day through traditions stretching back to humanity’s earliest observations of celestial patterns. We’ve come to understand its astronomical significance far better than our…
I believe Canada is one of those countries that has a different representation depending on our imagination. For some, it’s all maple syrup and ice skating, for others it’s the US with more plaid patterns, a land of refuge for…
It’s the last Sunday of Advent, and I wanted to share a Christmas story in French, to make your dream of another time or place. If you don’t speak the language, the English version is down below, but I’m sure…
