So many of our Spring days, from 4:00 am till 8:00 am, include beautiful sunrises, clear skies, birds chirping, and calm winds. Then...

I received a heart wrenching phone call from Hazel on Monday, “Dad… Coco is dead.. (Sob sob).” Coco was Hazel’s first personal pet, and...

Naval Ravikant, on The Tim Ferriss show again reminded me of an amazing thought experiment: On the last day of your life, what amount...

It was recent discussions around multi-level marketing, and stories of the cult-like organizations drawing people in, that got me...

Instagram has been feeding me a lot of ‘woo’ posts lately, many related to energy. They claim things like: “the frequency at which our...

My mind was spinning this morning, with a hundred tasks fighting their way on to an imaginary to-do list. Even as I meditated, then...

I took a picture of the resources I used during a numeracy and literacy intervention teaching job I just completed. It showed the wide...

“Be the pond not the fish” was a strange yet effective quote I recently acquired from an Insta post. The fish refers to each of your...

I may have made a tactical error when I mailed my Filson lunch kit back for repair. The zipper had ripped clean off the top and it was...

Some people rock celebrations, and Hazel’s grade 3 teacher is one of them. The class celebrates ‘times table’ mastery with the ‘Brainiac...

“Everything matters… until you get ill, then only one thing that matters… your health”. It’s an adage I’ve heard many times before. I was...

As I drove past the FedEx drop off location, I was curious about the status of our four DNA Methylation tests that I had left with them...

I am tired of the term ‘bully’ as I feel it is used way too flippantly these days. Someone gets pushed once on the playground and...

I watched an instagram post yesterday that shared the following message: “Regard every activity as ‘play’, and don’t take yourself too...

I was gazing at the Vegreville tower as I drove into town, imagining how unrecognizable the town would be without this landmark. In my...

“Intelligent people are born to create…” is a quote I love. The girls and I took on our first resin art project this Christmas as we...

In an innocent Jiu Jitsu training mishap, involving a knee colliding with an eye, I received one of the few ‘shiners’ of my life. As a 43...

When I lead a meeting I always incorporate something I call the ‘ten second takeaway’. Attendees are given ten seconds or less to share...

Ten minutes before reading with my grade two students this morning I created and printed an original ‘reader’s theatre’ script which...

I listened to a friend describe recent holiday mishaps, challenges with school and children, adverse health conditions, and sleep issues....