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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
- 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
- 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
- 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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loriannlivingston
- Feb 12, 2020
- 5 min
That which does not kill us
I recently saw a top 10 list of things to do in Northern Ireland. Sites such as the Giant’s Causeway, the Dark Hedges, Carrick-a-Rede...
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loriannlivingston
- Jan 21, 2020
- 4 min
Better late than never?
You may have noticed some radio silence from me in the past month or so. Truth is, my family and I went on our first family vacation in...
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loriannlivingston
- Dec 5, 2019
- 2 min
I know this to be true
I read Room to Write by Bonni Goldberg, last year. This was the exercise on p. 134: make a list of truths, one for every year of your...
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loriannlivingston
- Nov 27, 2019
- 3 min
Turning to come 'round right
These November days remind me of winter in England. Those perfect winter days when the frost settles on the bushes, but it’s not too...
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loriannlivingston
- Oct 3, 2019
- 5 min
The Avon Trail: my own mini-Camino
I threw my own party for my 40th birthday – a bona fide ceilidh complete with caller, live band and lots of friends and family. My...
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loriannlivingston
- Sep 4, 2019
- 3 min
Wordie Wednesday: vignette
noun vi·gnette | \ vin-ˈyet , vēn-\ Definition of vignette 1a: a picture (such as an engraving or photograph) that shades off gradually...
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loriannlivingston
- Jul 30, 2019
- 2 min
Street exchange
I wrote this in 2011, and stumbled across it recently. I've had many moments like this in my life, and I've come to see them as...
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loriannlivingston
- Jul 17, 2019
- 3 min
The objects to which I cling: my great-grandmother’s trunk
There are heirlooms in our house that I grasp with the strength of the stories they hold. They are beautiful to me because they are old,...
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loriannlivingston
- Jul 8, 2019
- 2 min
Sanding floors
My nose is dry and stuffed. My ears ring. My anxiety rises as a result. When I look around the room, I can’t decide if my glasses are...
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loriannlivingston
- May 8, 2019
- 2 min
Wordie Wednesday: amuck
run/go amuck (also amok) 1. to rush about in a murderous frenzy: The fanatic ran amuck in the crowd, shooting at random. 2. to rush about...
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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
- Apr 10, 2019
- 1 min
Wordie Wednesday: curiosity
noun cu·ri·os·i·ty | \ ˌkyu̇r-ē-ˈä-s(ə-)tē , ˌkyər-\ plural curiosities Definition of curiosity 1: desire to know: a: inquisitive...
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loriannlivingston
- Apr 3, 2019
- 4 min
Wordie Wednesday: mondo
I'd never heard of the word "mondo" until this interview with Irish author Patrick McCabe 20 years ago. Does anyone remember the mondo...
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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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