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    The long road to publication
    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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    Disrupting the solar industry
    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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    10 flags, or how I was nearly scammed
    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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    Refactoring the workplace
    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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    Stronger together
    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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    This is your brain on shrubs: How being outside and among trees improves children’s mental health
    loriannlivingston
    • Apr 23, 2019
    • 1 min

    This is your brain on shrubs: How being outside and among trees improves children’s mental health

    One thing I'm appreciating about freelance writing is that sometimes it takes a very long time for a story to come together. This one...
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    loriannlivingston
    • Mar 29, 2019
    • 4 min

    An interview with the late John O'Donohue

    In 1999, when this was first published, one book, entitled Anam Cara, sat at the top of the Irish Times Bestseller List for 20 months....
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    Former sex-trafficking victim says Canadian parents need to know warning signs
    loriannlivingston
    • Feb 11, 2019
    • 1 min

    Former sex-trafficking victim says Canadian parents need to know warning signs

    I've been volunteering on a community engagement committee to raise awareness about human sex trafficking in Waterloo Region. The...
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    I watched my church become a pile of rubble and it gave me hope.
    loriannlivingston
    • Jan 16, 2019
    • 1 min

    I watched my church become a pile of rubble and it gave me hope.

    I know a lot of people watched the slow demolition of the Trinity United Church building on Frederick Street in Kitchener, as I did....
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    Kiss and McTell
    loriannlivingston
    • Dec 3, 2018
    • 5 min

    Kiss and McTell

    One song made and nearly broke Ralph McTell. When he wrote Streets of London at the age of 23, he had no idea how much he would live in...
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    loriannlivingston
    • Nov 21, 2018
    • 1 min

    Bad fences make better neighbours

    That's the title of a personal essay I submitted to the Globe and Mail, and what do you know? They liked it. You can read the full essay...
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    Scripts, stories and scoops
    loriannlivingston
    • Oct 15, 2018
    • 5 min

    Scripts, stories and scoops

    Printed in the Irish World in September 1999. Joe O'Connor's latest play, True Believers, played the Tricycle Theatre in London, UK. L.A....
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    Chiefly Moloney
    loriannlivingston
    • Oct 9, 2018
    • 4 min

    Chiefly Moloney

    Head Chieftain Paddy Moloney shows no signs of slowing up after decades in the music business. L.A. Livingston met the 61-year-old...
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    Sixpence quite a bit richer
    loriannlivingston
    • Oct 1, 2018
    • 3 min

    Sixpence quite a bit richer

    First printed in the Irish World in September 1999. I spoke with Sixpence None the Richer's lead singer, Leigh Nash, about their...
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    The long road to publication

    • Sep 8, 2021
    The long road to publication

    Disrupting the solar industry

    • Jul 16, 2021
    Disrupting the solar industry

    10 flags, or how I was nearly scammed

    • Jul 16, 2021
    10 flags, or how I was nearly scammed

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