Another year full of challenges, but my daughter survived.
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.
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.
Another challenging year, but coming out stronger than in the past.
A lightbulb moment from Cory Doctorow made me realize what I've been missing about science fiction. Spoiler: it's not about the aliens, androids, or spaceships at all.
A short book on mindfulness and helping develop a life full of happiness. On sale for a few bucks.
Handbook for Hard Times: A monk's guide to fearless living by Gelong Thubten.
Mentioned at the bottom of my media diet post yesterday that the new season of Slow Horses comes out this month. The trailer looks fantastic.
I've been a bit behind on these media diet posts, but with fall approaching, it's the perfect time for a new one.
What links London and Fallingwater? Frank Lloyd Wright’s rare Kaufmann Office, the only interior of his on display outside the USA.
An afternoon spent walking the trestle bridges outside Kelowna.
Paul Millred has spearheaded a new digital zine, Unwritten, which splits the payments to writers automatically. Love this idea.
My journey from dismissing AI as a novelty to discovering it as the most powerful creative tool of our time—and what happened when I finally went all in.
Reading about the mayoral primary election in NYC on Tangle. Zohran Mamdani seems to be an authentic and inspiring leader.
I went down the rabbit hole of re-reading my older blog posts tonight when it dawned on me: I have been writing on foursides.ca for 15 years now.
Damn.
