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Turning 16 Years Old

Turning 16 Years Old

A reflection on my daughter turning 16 and how she continues to grow.

46

46

A year of change, road trips, shared meals, and learning to be present. From Yukon highways to meditation cushions, this is what 46 taught me about showing up.

45

45

A personal reflection on finding unexpected love and joy after embracing solitude, and the liberating effects of letting go of social media and embracing real connections.

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IKEA Products on Amazon Canada and USA

Best news of the day for me comes via Jason Kottke: IKEA products are now available on and directly from Amazon. This means that some things are also available for Amazon Prime shipping to get your things within two days. I thought maybe it would be the smaller household items, but there are some furniture items available too. Including my coffee table, and my daughter’s arm chair. You can also buy these fun kids’ plates there too. If you’re in the States, you can even buy the Swedish meatball

Tags: amazon | deals | IKEA

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An incredibly exhausting day for both me and my daughter, but my thoughts are with a dear friend who flew to Vancouver to say goodbye.

Mouse Books - Kickstarter

This is a smart idea: curated selection of 3 books mailed out quarterly that are not much bigger than an iPhone – 48 pages total. $15 US per quarter, or one year for $50.00 with extra goodies. Mouse Books on Kickstarter [https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/mousebooks/mouse-books]

Tags: books | reading

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I can’t get over how catchy this song is from Katy Perry – Swish Swish [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cx1pQiETQm4]. Loved the performance on SNL last month.

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Late night discovery while going through old posts: according to the Ulysses app [https://geo.itunes.apple.com/us/app/ulysses/id623795237?mt=12&at=10l4Qt], it would take over a day to read everything I have written since 2005.1 Over 400,000 words so far with many more to come. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1. Not everything from before 2012 is on the blog. Working my way through the archives, slowly, to republish most of it. ↩

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When I feel my weakest and most vunerable, I feel my most creative. Unfortunately (or fortunately), most miss out on that journey.

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Fun and useless challenge: use chopsticks with your nondominant hand.

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Nothing better than taking a moment from work to watch the #WWDC Keynote.

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It’s rather interesting how the ads on YouTube load instantly, but the actual video can have issues buffering; refresh the page, new ad loads right away, but not the video.

Smoke of the Incas

View this post on Instagram A post shared by James McCullough (@foursides) A few months ago, my selection from BespokePost was titled Sanctuary. The main highlight of the box was a Turkish bath towel, that I thought would go well with the other Turkish bath towel I already had. Also included was a three-piece bathroom set made of concrete, which was something I lacked. The final item was something I was undecided about, but has quickly turned into a favourite of mine: palo santo incense sticks

Tags: inca | meditation | mindfulness

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