First Timer To Japan Series: Start Planning
Are you thinking about going to Japan? Great! You are going to have an amazing time. My partner and I decided to go while we put off planning our wedding back in 2016. It was magical. We ate, found inspiration, met cool people, and discovered new hobbies. At first, it can feel intimidating since everyone says that Japanese ...
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Flenglish: Bourgondier
My husband has started a side-business making #pateforthepeople! He's selling his handmade pâtés, inspired by Belgian tradition, at the 124 Street Grand Market in Edmonton, Alberta. Check out his website, bourgondier.ca, to see the market schedule and learn more about his pâtés. I'll also be there, sending out smiles, ...
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Halfway Point 2018: Resolutions
Something new coming to the blog - my comics! A couple of years ago I started drawing and painting as part of my new years resolutions. One of my goals for the next three years is to write a graphic novel so it's about time to share some of my stuff if I plan to put it out into the world. Goals always move ahead in the ...
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Photo Essay from Amy Dillon
Today we're catching up with a former Migration Patterns interviewee, Amy Dillon. She mentioned in the podcast that she had recently taken up photography and I've enjoyed watching her talent progress over the past 8 months or so. I asked her to share some of her work on the blog and she agreed! Here's the podcast episode ...
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Connecting through Reading in 2018
My word for 2018 is connecting. But whatever do you mean, Meredith? Well you see... The last couple years have been quite outward focused for me and this year I'm looking to celebrate and enjoy my 'interior' life - friends, family, my home, my new hobbies. As part of having one word as my 2018 theme, I'm including ...
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First Timer to Japan: Trains
When Billy and I created our itinerary for Japan, we thought that it may have been a bit ambitious. We planned to do a big loop in central Japan, spending extended time in 6 cities with a few stops in-between over the course of two and a half weeks. This would have been break-neck speed in Europe. And I don't know about you, ...
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Wrap Up – Diverse Reads 2017
Drumroll... 20/40 books were diverse and thus I completed 50% of my goal. whomp whomp. I failed the challenge of only reading people of colour this year. Why was this so hard? I was really beating myself up about this and my partner sent me a link to the Lee and Low Diversity Baseline Study. The publishing industry is ...
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