Category: Wordless Wednesday

Hive

{Belatedly} Wordless Wednesday, aka Thursday

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I have to apologize for the plethora of posts lately, and especially that so many of them are about what I’m eating or not eating. When my boyfriend mentions it, I know other people have to be thinking it, too. 🙂 Sorry, guys. I’ve just been so excited about this diet and I’ve had so much to say! You haven’t seen the end of it, but this blog is about so much more than food, so it’s time to dial it back a bit.

Are you still with me?

Life for me lately has mostly been about schoolwork and health, and that’s only exciting to a select handful.

So, to shake it up, a glimpse of what I’m “reading” these days (via audio book), and a sneak peek at my walk-through of Bayfield’s newest store, Hive. Look for a Locality post about Hive this Friday.

Twilight

Hive

Signs of life in the fields

{Running and Paper-writing} Wordless Wednesday

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Signs of life in the fields
Signs of life in the fields

Today is record-settingly warm. Hot, even. It’s about 20 degrees (Celsius) warmer than it should be at this time of year. Perhaps the apocalypse is hovering at the edges of our atmosphere.

While meteorologists attempt to decipher crazy weather patterns and most normal people sit on decks and patios and lawns and beaches, I am writing the paper that was due yesterday and won’t be finished before tomorrow. In my defense, I only lose 2% per day, and chances are I’m going to do pretty well on this paper.

I did get out to complete (official) run #6 of the Couch to 5K program, aka the last of week two. It has taken me longer than two weeks to get here, but I’m pretty much on track now.

Anyway, here’s me outside and inside.

A posed selfie on the side of a country road during a walk break
A posed selfie on the side of a country road during a walk break
My running trail
My running trail
"Democracy and Deception: How Censorship is the Byproduct of the Manufacture of Consent"
"Democracy and Deception: How Censorship is the Byproduct of the Manufacture of Consent" (Don't you wish you could read it?!)

 

 

"# of people on the Internet"

{Comically} Wordless Wednesday

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Remember my good friend Keeley? The poet?

She with her fabulous sense of humour clipped a comic for me last week that I thought would be fun to share.

"The great irony"

"# of people on the Internet"

"# of people on the Internet"

She made sure to let me know that it was all in good fun. Which, of course, I took it as. 🙂

Here’s the whole thing:

Comic

 

Pancakes

(Almost) Wordless Wednesday: The one where my new diet accidentally coincides with Lent

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Pancakes
"the last supper"

When I posted yesterday’s blog about starting a fairly strict diet today, it didn’t even dawn on me that today is Ash Wednesday.

For those that are completely ignorant of Christian traditions, Ash Wednesday is the day after Shrove Tuesday (or Fat Tuesday, or Pancake Tuesday). It’s the beginning of Lent, the 40-day season leading up to Easter. A season in which it is traditional for people to give up (refuse to indulge in) something they love for the purpose of prioritizing God or their faith over that thing (food or entertainment, etc.).

I didn’t intend to start my Whole30 diet on the first day of Lent, but here I am, on Ash Wednesday, beginning a 30- or 60-day journey that excludes several of my favourite things: bread, wine, pastry, beer, chocolate, yogurt, cheese. CHEESE!

Last night, true to Pancake Tuesday custom, I ate pancakes as a “last meal” before the “fasting” that starts today.

"Warshed rags and towels..."

Wordless Wednesday: Hukt on foniks

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"Warshed rags and towels..."
Seen in the custodial office of a local high school

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Introducing Wordless Wednesday

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I am no photographer.

But I like to dabble anyway.

There’s only so much you can do with a digital point-and-shoot, after all. Or a smart phone. Still, every week on Wednesday, I’d like to join some members of the blogosphere in posting a photograph, with few words, if any.

The Wordless Wednesday movement was introduced to me by this mommy blogger, one of many who are attempting to share a photo that says so much no words are needed. That’s a pretty large and impressive feat for a blogger! But I’m gonna give it a try.

So. The introductory post. It should be poignant and memorable, characteristic of what you can come to expect as the weeks go by.

I’ve been thinking about what photo to share since I posted yesterday’s blog about the downside to social technology.

What I’ve come up with is…. a sentimental one.

With Valentine’s Day coming up, here’s my first ever PhotoShop-vintage-effected shout-out to my main man, Johnathan.

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