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Continue reading →: Bookish GoalsI hit my reading goal for this year. Fifty-one books, against a goal of fifty. I even managed to do it after losing three whole weeks to a vestibular flare this summer when I could barely tolerate a screen, let alone read a book. If anything, reaching my goal means…
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Continue reading →: Hello Darkness My Old Friend..This wasn’t the summer I had planned. Three weeks ago, a change in my medications triggered a vestibular flare, and just like that, my plans for the summer got drastically changed. No gym, no puttering in the garden for hours, no walks with the dogs, no easy mornings on the…
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Continue reading →: These Slower DaysTux turns fourteen this November. We adopted him when he was 1.5 years old in February 2014 from a rescue in Red Deer. I’ve had him for almost all of his life, but not entirely. There was a chapter before us that I don’t know much about, and then the…
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Continue reading →: Ten Books, Three WeeksI read. A lot. More than I used to, and definitely more than my book buying budget can keep up with. With books now costing $20-$30 each, my reading habit was turning into a real expense. Last summer, I finally decided to start using my public library, and its completely…
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Continue reading →: The QuietWe have had birdboxes up every year at our place since we moved into this house in 2022. Some years all of the boxes are full, and other years we have only had one or two families take up residence. My favourite tenants are the tree swallows. If you have…
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Continue reading →: Welcome to The Selfish HoursI’ve spent over 40 years showing up for other people’s schedules. Thirty five years in the Canadian Armed Forces, and after that, a few more as a civilian working for the Defence Team. That’s a long time of my days and hours belonging to something else; a job, an institution,…
Hello,
I’m Stephanie
Professional putterer, backyard bird watcher, bone-builder, and reader of too many books at once. Retired after 35 years with the CAF and now spending my hours exactly how I want to.
The Selfish Hours 