If you are in Manhattan traveling Downtown in a car on Fifth Avenue or Seventh Avenue and you want to turn onto Tenth Street, you have to turn left. It's a one-way street, west to east. Left on Tenth is my way home. I was left on Tenth when my husband died, and after that, …
Continue reading Left On Tenth- A Second Chance At Life by Delia Ephron
Jane Goodall is an naturalist and primatologist whose work revolutionised how we understand animal intelligence. From her work with chimpanzees and other animals in Gombe, Tanzania, she came to understand the impact that people had on ecology and so she also became an activist as well. She's now in her 80's and speaks regularly about …
Continue reading The Book Of Hope by Jane Goodall and Douglas Abrams
The authors of this book make up a pair called The Minimalists, who started a blog together and later a successful podcast about decluttering and simplifying your life. This book is partly their memoir of growing up under difficult circumstances and not having much, to leading lives of debt and unhappiness. At this point they …
Continue reading Love People Use Things by Joshua Fields Milburn & Ryan Nicodemus
John Paul Brammer is an LGBTQ writer and artist whose advice column, Hola Papi, was originally on a Grindr affiliated site. This book is his memoir, written in the form of advice letters or essays, and talks about the life and relationship lessons that he's learned. I loved this book so much. The authors voice …
When Samuel was 15, he took on an odd job one Summer moving boxes, and had an accident that changed his life forever. One of the boxes had an improperly stored jar of sulfuric acid which exploded and splashed his face and body, scarring him for life. He was lucky to be alive, and to …
Perhaps I'm lucky because I don't mind staying home too much, but even for someone like me, this lockdown is hard. We're all in it togerher, which definitely helps, but it's easy for sad thoughts and fear to creep in. Here's a list of things that are making me happy at the moment, maybe they'll …
When Tricia reached out to me about her book, she came across as warm, smart and funny. I felt like I knew her, immediately, somehow. (Probably because she loves red lipstick like I do!) I said, "OK, what's this book?" She said "It's called 'I'm Sick Of This Shit'". I thought that was hilarious. I …
Continue reading Spring Clean Your Life: I’m Sick Of This Shit by Tricia Sitemere.
Ever since I was a little kid, I've loved horses. I've always ridden whenever I could, and was that 13 year old girl who was obsessed with riding and had all the horse books. Sadly, I lived in the suburbs, so though I would ride any chance I got, that wasn't all that often. Unlike …
When we moved to Canada from London, there was still plenty of green in the leaves, but soon they started to turn, and we caught the last of the Autumn sun, as the world turned inwards towards Halloween. I can't believe it's been a year since then. These photos are actually from just before Halloween …
Continue reading Canadian Thanksgiving: It’s Our One Year Anniversary Of Moving to Canada!
Stephanie Spence's book Yoga Wisdom has so many stories in it. It celebrates the way that yoga as a practice centres us and helps us find ourselves and navigate life's darker times. The thread that holds this book together is Spence's own story. A woman who was outwardly successful, with a fabulous magazine pubishing job …
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