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Camino del Norte
I’m a middle-aged woman and mother who has just completed an 847-kilometre Camino, travelling alone for the first time in decades. This...
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loriannlivingston
- Jul 13, 2022
- 1 min
From Guelph to Goderich on two wheels
My debut in the Toronto Star! I rode the Guelph-to-Goderich rail trail in five stages. This is what went in the Star, and this is what I...
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loriannlivingston
- Sep 8, 2021
- 3 min
The long road to publication
I’ve come to realize I’m not a prolific writer. I publish so little that it still gives me a thrill when I see my name in a publication....
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loriannlivingston
- Jul 16, 2021
- 4 min
Disrupting the solar industry
Refactoring is a software term. I’ve talked about it before in the context of the workplace. It means to take an existing section of...
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loriannlivingston
- Jul 16, 2021
- 1 min
10 flags, or how I was nearly scammed
I have published my first article on Medium. You can follow me there (and here. And on Facebook, Twitter and Instagram . . .). I actually...
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loriannlivingston
- Feb 19, 2021
- 6 min
Refactoring the workplace
How a software principle became a way to do business A Grade 9 typing class was the most important course of Leon Kehl’s life. Clocking...
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loriannlivingston
- Jan 13, 2021
- 6 min
Pandemic starts with a P
Today is Day 306 of my pandemic journal, a tome which I’ve been writing every day since March 15, 2020, the day of my Aunt Shirley’s...
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loriannlivingston
- Dec 31, 2020
- 4 min
The books I read in 2020
You’d think I’d have cracked 20 books, given the kind of year we’ve had – lots of time for reading, right? Not.
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loriannlivingston
- Dec 9, 2020
- 1 min
Stronger together
Waterloo Mennonite Homes, MennoHomes merge to strengthen response to affordable homes. A short article about the merger between...
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loriannlivingston
- Sep 16, 2020
- 4 min
Goals and the end of the trail: Day 8
Stamm Woodlot on Benjamin Road to Conestogo Well, I did it. Eight days to walk the entire Avon Trail. On Sunday, as I walked the final...
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loriannlivingston
- Sep 9, 2020
- 5 min
Rural routes into urban: Day 7
Intersection at Carmel Koch and Notre Dame roads to Stamm Woodlot I think I’m down to one more hike to finish off the Avon Trail. Day 7...
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loriannlivingston
- Aug 16, 2020
- 3 min
What you see isn't always what was submitted
If you're wondering just what it is that an editor does, most of the time it has to do with language, language choice, clarity and style...
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loriannlivingston
- Jul 23, 2020
- 5 min
Five books that changed my life
It’s a bold statement, isn’t it? Books can change your life? How? For the lonely girl, the one who was timid and afraid of asking the...
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loriannlivingston
- Jul 15, 2020
- 7 min
Lessons in gratitude: Day 6
Nith River on Carmel Koch Road to intersection at Carmel Koch and Notre Dame roads I am getting closer to finishing the Avon Trail. My...
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loriannlivingston
- Jul 8, 2020
- 3 min
My pandemic playlist
I’ve discovered the beauty of noise-reducing wireless headphones. They’re not mine, but they are a beautiful thing. Since the pandemic...
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loriannlivingston
- Jun 17, 2020
- 5 min
A tale of 14 puzzles
Almost immediately after the WHO called the pandemic in March, we began self-isolation as best we could. It was March Break, and we...
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loriannlivingston
- Jun 3, 2020
- 6 min
Birds and bugs: Day 5
Lisbon Cemetery to Carmel-Koch Road at the Nith River: 10k In my last post about the Avon Trail, late last fall, I wrote about entering...
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loriannlivingston
- May 22, 2020
- 5 min
How Pokemon GO gets me through the pandemic
I’ve just written “Day 71” on the daily journal I’m keeping since our household went into lockdown. I call my journal “Life in a time of...
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loriannlivingston
- Apr 1, 2020
- 3 min
Life in a time of Covid-19
How are you all doing out there in IsolationLand? Have you managed the physical distancing part of this pandemic? We’re coping in our...
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loriannlivingston
- Mar 11, 2020
- 4 min
Camino Primitivo: when the time is right
I’ve been planning to walk the Camino for 10 years, but have really ramped up my research and plans in the past two years. There are many...
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