Vernon (Mis?) Adventures
It was a last-minute idea. I was supposed to go on a trip that would require five hours of drive time -- and then bam! Three weeks before...
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Leigh Macfarlane
- Nov 9, 2021
- 2 min
Postcard Stories
A Picture is worth a thousand words When I was in university, I had a professor give us all postcards and have us write stories on the...
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Leigh Macfarlane
- Oct 1, 2021
- 4 min
What Daytrips Reveal
Over the month of September, I've been cramming as many day trips as possible into my schedule. I love to travel, my car is great on gas,...
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Leigh Macfarlane
- Aug 19, 2021
- 5 min
Podcasts for Writers
The first podcasts I ever listened to were about visual arts. I had been tasked with writing a blog for an art school on the subject, and...
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Leigh Macfarlane
- Jul 23, 2021
- 5 min
Tripping Down Memory Lane
So, this week the Premier of British Columbia declared a province-wide state of emergency due to the forest fires we are experiencing. He...
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Leigh Macfarlane
- Jun 4, 2021
- 12 min
Lessons Learned in a Pandemic
Well, it has been a busy -- and unusual -- week at our house so far. First, temperatures soared to 36 degrees on June 2. That's a record...
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Leigh Macfarlane
- Mar 16, 2021
- 5 min
Photography and Me
Polson Park, Vernon, BC March 2021. Taken with Canon t5 When I was 21, a family friend was trying to help me determine a career path. He...
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Leigh Macfarlane
- Jan 13, 2021
- 8 min
The truth shall set you free
Today, as I write this, the United States is in the middle of a two hour debate on whether or not to impeach Donald Trump for a second...
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Leigh Macfarlane
- Dec 22, 2020
- 6 min
Endings and Beginnings
As in, the end of one year, the beginning of another. And what a year it has been! Don't you feel like last January was about ten years...
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Leigh Macfarlane
- Oct 29, 2020
- 3 min
Working the Night Shift
So, this is my morning... If you were following my last blog post you know I was up working until 2:15 in the morning. Then teeth brushed...
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Leigh Macfarlane
- Aug 29, 2020
- 4 min
IPE 2020 - err...
In the category of things I learned today, there is a baseball diamond at the IPE Fairgrounds in Armstrong! Who knew. In all the years I...
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Leigh Macfarlane
- Aug 19, 2020
- 4 min
And then God sent me Theo
Which, as I think about it, would be a great title for a book. Not what this post is about. So, today is day seven in a row working at my...
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Leigh Macfarlane
- Jul 18, 2020
- 1 min
Venues
It is with mixed feelings that I have decided to shut this wordpress blog down for the time being. WordPress alerted me that I was coming...
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Leigh Macfarlane
- Jun 22, 2020
- 3 min
Road Map of Freckles
Yesterday was Father’s Day. I’m fortunate to still have both my parents, and so my youngest and I spent yesterday on a socially distant...
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Leigh Macfarlane
- Apr 13, 2020
- 5 min
Gratefulness Therapy
Yesterday, Goodreads sent me an update on one of my favorite authors — Nora Roberts. From what I can tell, Nora keeps a blog through...
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Leigh Macfarlane
- Apr 6, 2020
- 9 min
Writer’s Block Sucks
I’ve always felt like the key to writing is an 80% happiness quotient. Any less, and you’re too messed up to think, any more, and you’ve...
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Leigh Macfarlane
- Mar 26, 2020
- 9 min
Sunshine and Staying Inside
Today, I am having an odd reaction to self-isolation — I am feeling an intense sense of gratefulness and love which I can’t seem to...
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