Travelling has always been the best medicine for me. Going away and living out of a bag for a few days or a few months is a great way to focus on the present and enjoy the moment, something I can never achieve at home—no, thank you, I’ll pass on the virtual meditation classes, really.
Middle of the Woods, Canada
Any place in Canada with “park” in the name is typically hundreds of square kilometres of true wilderness. Expect kilometres-long trails, no cellphone network, lakes, waterfalls and fauna you’d rather not come face to face with (bears, snakes and wolves, anyone?).
Navigating These Weird Pandemic Restrictions, From “Stay Safe” to “Stay Sane”
I was one of these people who used the trendy “stay safe!” email signoff from March to early May. Now, it feels that “stay sane!” should be the new basic social formula.
A “New Normal” Suggestion That Should Actually Be Normal
We’re trying to change the way we interact because someone, somewhere could be sick. But shouldn’t we the way we deal with viruses when someone does get sick?
These Essential Non-Essentials – Lessons Being Learned from The Pandemic Shutdown
The non-essential businesses shutdown didn’t worry me much at first. But it’s been 11 weeks now in Ontario, and “non-essentials” are becoming damn essential.
Secret, Forbidden Rendez-Vous Among Tulips in Pandemic Times
At 5 p.m., I was pacing up and down Preston Street, on the lookout for a dark car of a make and model I couldn’t remember but with an easy-to-spot Quebec licence plate