I really really wanted to go to Tofinot this weekend. And surf.  I have these Live2Surf passes to rent equipment that expire soon (#groupon), and I’ve been wanting to go for months. It hasn’t worked out since last September. If you’re a surfing

I like taking video of the ocean because I love sitting by the ocean and watching and listening to the waves. It's my drug of choice. And I live on the Pacific now, but I grew up in lovely but landlocked rural Ontario. (No ocean). So I don't take it fo

I love encouragement because it has the power to fill others with courage.  It takes courage to create. To be honest. To show up in life at all, not to mention as the real you! (scary! so vulnerable!)

If I had no limits or constraints, the things I'd do! But I have limited time and energy. 

“Some of my most quality human interactions with people are spent in silence. There’s this subtle awesomeness about sitting in silence.” - Christopher “I prefer to not have any friends than to have friendships that are meaningless.” - Cari

“I really like talking to people about things that matter. I hate small talk. I can’t stand it. It’s such a nightmare. It really is. If I get caught in a small talk conversation, say on the phone for what feels like an hour, and I look at the end

In my early teens, I had a good friend I loved to visit. Her name was Sarah. She often included another girl we both knew. I went along with it because those were the terms. On my turf, I made sure it was just the two of us. I didn’t dislike the sec

In the spring, my awesome little bro AJ came to visit me in Victoria, and brought his friend Evan. (These two lads travelled to Tofino and learnt to surf too). Just planning for their visit, I got socially tired. Groceries were bought for two hungry

My buddy Micayla facebook-messaged me: “I’m an ambivert.” Ambiverts are equally introverted and extroverted. How is that possible? Well, because . . . 

Hiking this morning, I looked out at the water. Always do that. I live on a point in a bay. Lotsa water.    This time, there was nothing to be seen in the water. (On Canadian Thanksgiving, I saw two humpback whales; usually I just see seals and birds