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- Dec 9, 2020
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
- Feb 4, 2020
- 4 min
Embracing the gift of “enough”
Some days, it takes a lot to make it through the day. And then, sometimes, I wonder why the universe is smiling on me so much. Lately,...
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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 12, 2019
- 1 min
A big project comes together
I've spent most of the year, off and on, copy editing and proofreading this book. It just got published, and I feel that sense of pride I...
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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 30, 2019
- 4 min
Forest bathing: Day 4
Forest Road outside Stratford to Lisbon Cemetery: 22k This is my last hike likely this year. I have done 72k of the 113k of the Avon...
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loriannlivingston
- Oct 23, 2019
- 4 min
Losing the markers: Day 3
Perth-Oxford Road, near Line 113, to Forest Road at Hwy 7, Stratford: 20k Another October Sunday full of sunshine, brightly coloured...
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loriannlivingston
- Oct 16, 2019
- 5 min
Your journey is your own: Day 2
Wildwood Conservation Area to Perth-Oxford Rd., near Line 113: 16k This is the third instalment about my walk on the Avon Trail, a...
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loriannlivingston
- Oct 9, 2019
- 5 min
Five things I learned from walking the Avon Trail: Day 1
St. Mary’s to Wildwood Conservation Area: 14km At 113 kilometres, the Avon Trail winds from St. Mary’s to Conestogo. I’m practicing for...
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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 18, 2019
- 6 min
Tests and tornadoes: a Huntsville tale
Recently, Facebook reminded me of my Irish in-laws’ last trip to Canada, 10 years ago. There were pictures of my parents, looking so much...
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loriannlivingston
- Sep 11, 2019
- 2 min
Vulnerable
Like many people, I remember exactly where I was when the planes flew into the World Trade Center. A new reporter at the Minto Express in...
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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
- Aug 28, 2019
- 3 min
Wordie Wednesday: porch
porch noun \ ˈpȯrch \ 1: a covered area adjoining an entrance to a building and usually having a separate roof 2: obsolete : PORTICO I...
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loriannlivingston
- Aug 16, 2019
- 3 min
The objects to which I cling: my London Tube mug
I purchased this little mug as a souvenir on my very first trip to the UK. It was 1992. I’d graduated from the University of Waterloo...
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loriannlivingston
- Aug 7, 2019
- 2 min
The objects to which I cling: the wooden cheeseboxes
I have two of these simple round boxes, each the same size, about two feet deep and the same across. They’re blonde wood bent into a...
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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 24, 2019
- 2 min
The objects to which I cling: the yarnwinder
This is another antique in my house, a beacon to a bygone era, when clothes were created from scratch. It’s also one of those items my...
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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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