Nelson, B.C. was indeed an experience. Our wildlife count expanded to include ponytails (men only) - official count: 36. Dreadlocks (unisex) - official count: 21. Tim remained confident with his hairlessness, and the rest of us tried hard not to stare all the time. In fact, Eden and I were awarded a shopping spree on historic Baker Street to satisfy our hippie tendencies. Naomi entered the same store, and was seen only by select family members and curious st...

There is a subtle shift emerging between my head and my heart, like a fault line that changes the landscape of that which rests upon it. I have no clock. I have no agenda. I have no deadline or to-do list. It is like reconnecting the dots within myself, which the past two years have erased. A day on the beach in Nelson was beautiful, but unnervingly hard to relax and do nothing. I am learning new things, some of which are all about being - rather than doing...