I’m going to camp for the first time – at 38 years old. I leave next week. I will be 3 hours away from Toronto, with 80 women I have never met before. It’s called the Imperfect Boss Camp. A group of creative women – entrepreneurs, designers, photographers, bloggers, artists… coming together to learn from…
Read MoreTwo little gifts arrived in my inbox this week. A newsletter from Alexandra Franzen and another from Radical Creative Sanctuary (written by Danette Relic). I say gifts because both have already made a difference for me this week, and I’m so thankful. I thought I’d pass their tips / advice along to you… Alexandra Franzen…
Read MoreOur wedding was held on Clearwater Lake in Northwestern Ontario. Our guests stayed at True North Outposts & Cabins, a beautiful camp owned and operated by family friends (Chuck and Cathy). Chuck flew the girls (in my wedding party) down the lake so we could get ready at my parents cabin (where we were married).…
Read MoreI know, it sounds ridiculous and very Canadian, but stick with me. There is a story here. Tonight I went to OCAD to listen to Adam J. Kurtz speak. It had been a long day at home, where this image came to mind more than once during the day. And because I have…
Read MoreI totally forgot that I used to collect stamps as a kid. I found my old collection in my parent’s house. Here are a few neat ones… Maybe you remember using hangers and sticking stamps to pages too. It seems like such a nerdy thing to do. I don’t even know…
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In a previous post, Great Grandpa Johnson Built Log Cabins, I mentioned that it would be kind of cool if he had built our cabin (not likely, but neat to think about). If he did, pieces of the original cabin are still there. Mom and Dad incorporated some of the logs from the old…
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Falu Rödfärg is an iconic red paint in Sweden and the West coast of Finland. I just recently learned about it after realizing that many of the log cabins back home are painted red and were made by my Finnish family members (in Northwestern Ontario). You can read more about that here (Great Grandpa Johnson…
Read MoreI would like to learn more about Great Grandpa Johnson’s brothers. In his obituary, there were four brothers listed. William Juhala of Finland, Eric Juhala of Sudbury, and two brothers residing in Finland, Europe (no names given). I wonder if grandpa’s side of the family still lives there. Time to find out… Public Member Trees…
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Imagine, there is a stone that will sit in a museum. People will walk by and look at it 100 years after you’re gone. You can choose an image to represent what you loved most. You can choose a few words that capture what you valued in life. What would yours look like? I’m not…
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Monday, September 3, 2018. Hi Sweetie, On Saturday you asked, Is the weekend almost over? Why bud? Are you excited to start school? Yes! On Sunday you asked again, Is the weekend almost over… We’re so glad that you are excited to go. It’s quite a change from earlier this week. While having breakfast together,…
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