If you watched the movie Wall E, you will remember the people in the movie gradually turned into people-shaped blobs with no bones so they couldn’t walk or support themselves in an upright position. So I got to thinking about teens now, whose attention span, due to social media, is going more and more to … Continue reading Attention and Wall E
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Time of Year
I have such a hard time picking my ‘favourite’ time of year, since I try to appreciate different things at each time of year, each season, each month, or week. There are so many things to enjoy. In terms of seasons, I just love watching Mother Nature change during the year. I love plants, gardens … Continue reading Time of Year
Over And Over
I was listening again to a podcast I have been repeatedly listening to since last summer. I had focused on a certain section, listening to it over and over for some time. Today, I dragged the time selection way back towards the beginning, and on my drive to work another time passage caught my attention. … Continue reading Over And Over
Immersion
“What language is that?” I was asked as she stated at my phone, realizing the settings are not the normal words one would expect when looking at the screen. “It’s Dutch.” I replied and explained that I was an exchange student in the Netherlands for a year and wanted to keep some connection and immersion … Continue reading Immersion
Nudge
Have you had those days where different things of the same theme keep appearing before you? That nudge, of, ‘here, I want you to notice this…’ It started with a discussion on our provincial climate state of very hot and dry summers, which have caused major forest fires this year. Fires that started earlier than … Continue reading Nudge
Devon Mcfadden 