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Abstract Mountain scene of the Baker Creek in Lake Louise
A list of resources that I found helpful on my sober curious journey

Good Advice and Stories for your Sober Curious Journey

At the beginning of my sober curious journey, I found a lot of quiet support from different types of art - writing, listening, watching films and tv, and making different recipes. I find that alcoholism and sober lifestyles are being discussed and explored more and more in mainstream culture. Or, ...

2019 Book Club in Linocuts

This is a set of linocut postcards I made for my book club throughout 2019. Each represents a book we read and I mailed the the good old fashioned ...

Meredith sitting on a bike rack that says Books

A Decade of Books

I have always felt that what a person reads five years before informs who they are in the present. It is so wild to me that we are heading into a new DECADE and thought this was a good time to reflect on what happened over the past ten years and what I read during those moments that left an impression. ...

Cover of Sober Summer Comic

Sober Summer Comic Book

I have a long history of what I call 'the guilty hangover.' It comes the morning after I partake in alcohol beverages. The trends were these: No matter what. Even if I didn't do anything bad at all - these feelings still come like a tidal wave. One morning, I woke up, had all the feelings, took ...

The view from the top of Whistling Pass

Back Country Mountain Hike – Healy Pass Trail in Banff National Park

Summer 2019 - the year we made our foray into back-country hiking. Billy was enthusiastic and excited. I was ... pensive and a bit nervous. Thankfully, Billy's enthusiasm is fed by research and my nerves are soothed by preparedness. Research + preparedness = good times in nature. We started with a ...

A photo of my linocut print of Nude Woman in the Mountains. The image is black and white.

Book Club – Women and Great Outdoors

This year, I was lucky to do a few back-country hikes in Canada's national parks. Leading up to these adventures, I was doing some researching; 1) to keep me safe in the wild and 2) to tap into my inner wilderness explorer. There are some really fascinating books out there of brave women, who love ...

Homemade black and white linocut card of mountains

Mountain Reverence Card Set

Mountain design by Jonatan Billiau I'm a big fan of the handwritten note. Some say its a dying art but I KNOW there are lots of us out there keeping this intimate and personal way of connecting alive and well. A well-timed thank you card to a friend, colleague, or family member is incredibly powerful ...