The most delicious meal I’ve eaten in LA
The best meal I’ve eaten in LA has nothing to do with a restaurant and everything to do with resourcefulness.
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Greetings from Los Angeles!
Letting my inner bird nerd out at an aquatic bird rescue centre in Los Angeles, where I’m volunteering for two weeks.
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The red fence
Practicing a writing technique called the “joint attention strategy” by writing about a red fence seen in San Pedro, LA.
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Community jar programs and why they rock my socks off
Community jar programs are the best: they save resources and are a simple example of circularity.
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The 2025 Book Stack (Q1!) – chunk it down
Take 1 million and…action! I do this every year: I set reading resolutions to drill down my endless piles of books and then…I achieve them usually don’t. The last time I wrote about my book stack here was in January 2023 and I intended to read 26 books. Guess how many I actually read? 10!…
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Lighting up my life with a candle refill
Today, we’re talking about candle refills! Yes, you heard me right. I shall explain in due time, fear ye not. Apparently, I am on a refill bender. In my previous post, I wrote about fun, odd-ball refills that I find delightful. You heard me speak with soft hearts in my eyes about tiny jars of…
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The unexpected glee that comes from refilling odd-ball items
And the peace they bring in times of stress. When I started my refill journey back in 2011, I focused mainly on food because, well, I love food. At the time that I started along that path, I was also interning at Seventh Generation in Burlington, Vermont and got to take home some of the…
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Four ways to tackle wasted food on Food Waste Friday
In honour of Canada’s Waste Reduction Week and Food Waste Friday, we’re here to talk about wasted food and what you can do about it!
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Lip Balm Longevity: why it’s important to invest in products that last (and then, disappear)
An ode to well-made products that leave less trace.
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Little things make a big difference when combatting overwhelm
They say it’s the little things in life. Here, we’re talking about pipelines, magic coffee machines, and refill soap. Some big. Some little.
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2023 book list: the first pile
These are the books I’m kicking off my new year with.
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‘Wednesday’ Woes:’ is plastic bottle product placement still a thing?
‘Wednesday,’ a modern take on the Addams Family classic, delivers beautiful cinematography, epic soundtracks, and stunning scenery. But it falls flat in one area: plastic bottle product placement from Canada Dry and Fiji Water.
