Category: Essay
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Waking to the world
Last month, I moved. From a 14-year sojourn in a house in the city of Ottawa, Ontario, with a large vegetable garden, mature trees, and friendly neighbours, within walking distance of shopping centres, bars, and the library, from this place that had always treated me well but always felt too jangled…
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How I’ve failed at meditation
I’ve been failing at meditation for a solid twenty years. Alright. I suspect it isn’t possible to ‘fail’ at meditation, but I have walked away, frustrated, over and over again. Conversely, of course, that means I have come back ‘to the mat’ over and over again. Something in me has…
Writing Spaces 