I’ve been on a kind of journey for the last few weeks. I have been learning to enjoy again the things I have always loved and stepped away from over the last few years. I have loved journaling and cross-stitching since I was a teenager. I used to sit on the couch in the evening after school and read a book, journal or cross-stitch. While I have not really dived back into reading I have started cross-stitching and journaling again. As well as planning and handwriting practice. Above is a cross-stitch I am currently working on. It is this one from Craft With Cartwright. I am using a cheap kit that I got off Amazon so the colors are not exact but since it is…

As of today, the wildfire at Long Lake is 8,234 hectares and still growing. We got hit last weekend with an offshore hurricane. While we have had much, much worse hurricane-wise, this one was far enough offshore that we did not get any rain, but we got enough wind to double the size of the wildfire. Since then, we have had very little rain. We’ve had a little here in Halifax, but not enough in the Annapolis Valley where the fire is. There have now been houses lost as well, about 20 they are saying. I feel so bad for the people that have lost their houses. One couple is due to have their first baby in September. Since we are off this weekend, we…

Welcome to my blog. Journaling is something I’ve been doing ever since I was a child. I started out writing in a small journal that someone gave me, though I can’t quite remember why — maybe a birthday or Christmas? Either way, I’ve kept a journal ever since. Nothing fancy, just writing, since I’ve never been very artistic. Years later, I started blogging. This would have been in the early 2000s, when blogging was more personal. I’m hoping to use this blog to recapture that feeling for myself. As I mentioned above, I started out journaling in a small notebook I was given as a gift years ago. I remember filling that journal up and then going out to buy a new one. I think…