Turning 15 Years Old
Another year full of challenges, but my daughter survived.
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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.
2024 - Year of Discipline
Today is Bell Let's Talk Day, a day focused on mental health awareness. For the past few years, I have been using it to talk about a theme for the next year.
Turning 14 Years Old
Another challenging year, but coming out stronger than in the past.
Latest
Experimenting with cross-posting from my blog to micro.blog to Twitter and Mastodon. It looks like a success! Only took me... too long to sort it out.
Hat tip to @chrishannah with his blog post which showed me the way in making this work for a Ghost-hosted blog.
Melfunction Mix
The latest mix from Melfunction, a local DJ in Kelowna is fantastic.
Turning 13 Years Old
I ended last year’s post writing about Kylie’s new found independence: walking around downtown or the mall without me right beside her, talking more with her friends in her room than with me, and so forth. This past year, that independence has really taken off.
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A reflection on my birthday about another difficult year, plus book and music recommendations for the winter.
What Home Is - AppleTV+ Series
For the last few weeks, I have been enamoured with a newer series on AppleTV+ called Home. This series is different than the other types I listed as it is more of an exploration of what a home can be and silently asks the question, “What should a home be?”
The Stories We Tell Ourselves
Music creates an emotional attachment to our lives like nothing else can.
Panic Aboard the SS Twitter - Lessons Learned This Week
The week was surrounded by news of Elon Musk's offer to buy Twitter. Here is a collection of the articles and podcasts I found the most interesting to frame my opinion about the deal.
April Media
Quick impressions of media I have watched recently.
Elon's Giant Package
Some interesting thoughts on what Musk is doing with the purchase of Twitter, written by Ranjan.
Quick Thoughts on Severance
Definitely a binge-worthy show about the work/life balance with a touch of dystopia and a slowly unraveling onion of a mystery show. Absolutely fantastic.
Interview with Chris Hedges and Matt Taibbi
I found this conversation between Matt Taibbi and Chris Hedges quite interesting. Chris Hedges is a former New York Times journalist and author.
60 Days (Mainly) Without Twitter
Nearly two months later after planning to avoid Twitter, lead me to question the value of social media in my life. Here is what I discovered about the absence and return.
Chuck Klosterman’s ‘The Nineties’
For Klosterman, the nineties began with the release of Nirvana’s ‘Nevermind’ album, released in September 1991; for me, the easiest marker would be the fall of 1989 when I moved to Whitehorse, Yukon from Regina, Saskatchewan, at age 10.
Let’s Communicate
Today happens to be Bell Let’s Talk day in Canada. I thought it was an appropriate time to talk about where I am at mentally and where I would like to see myself go in this coming year. The framework for this discussion is around the concept of a theme for the year or season.
