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Nature's Backpack: Explore. Discover. Connect: July 2012
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Nature's Backpack: Explore. Discover. Connect. Short stories of my outdoor adventures. Monday, 23 July 2012. What is all the talk about the Art of Mentoring anyway? CONNECTING TO NATURE BUILDS RESILIENT COMMUNITIES. Students rioting, elders alone across the country, adults struggling to achieve the economic dream, children committing suicide: are these the signs of a healthy community? What does a healthy community even look and feel like? Art of Mentoring Ontario. Another exciting part about this year&#...
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Nature's Backpack: Explore. Discover. Connect: October 2012
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Nature's Backpack: Explore. Discover. Connect. Short stories of my outdoor adventures. Tuesday, 2 October 2012. Taking the Sense Meditation to a New Level. Tonight my daughter wanted to join me in my sense meditation. What is a sense meditation you ask? Well it is where you focus on each of your senses one by one adding them to the next. The last sense is the sense of smell, breathing in deeply and noticing what you are smelling, the trees, the car that passes by, the dirt etc. As you are aware of th...
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Nature's Backpack: Explore. Discover. Connect: June 2012
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Nature's Backpack: Explore. Discover. Connect. Short stories of my outdoor adventures. Wednesday, 13 June 2012. Is this the Hungry Caterpillar? On our adventure today, we looked at the edge of the water to see if we could see any frogs. They all seemed to be hiding, but as we turned, a little caterpillar decided to attach themselves onto one of us. A half an hour of exploring this small creature followed. Monday, 4 June 2012. The other week, I had the opportunity to speak with some inner city parents of ...
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Nature's Backpack: Explore. Discover. Connect: May 2012
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Nature's Backpack: Explore. Discover. Connect. Short stories of my outdoor adventures. Wednesday, 9 May 2012. The Tour - Day 3. On our way to Toronto Evergreen Brickworks. Anyway, got off topic there. Are they not suppose to learn how to pack a backpack and carry it? So what was Mark talking about? Just think about it! It is in the works. watch for it. You may be interested in these links. 5 Day Tour - Day 1. 5 Day Tour - Day 2. Tuesday, 1 May 2012. Alarm Call of the Red-Winged Blackbird. It has been rai...
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Nature's Backpack: Explore. Discover. Connect: Whispers from the Fir Trees
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Nature's Backpack: Explore. Discover. Connect. Short stories of my outdoor adventures. Wednesday, 23 October 2013. Whispers from the Fir Trees. As I walk to my sit spot across the freshly plowed fields, I am called with a whisper of the fir trees to come to the North East of the woodlot. I normally sit to the East under a big walnut tree, but today, I made my way to a depression under a fir tree. So today, I would like to give gratitude to the trees. Thank you trees for reminding me that through buil...
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Nature's Backpack: Explore. Discover. Connect: September 2012
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Nature's Backpack: Explore. Discover. Connect. Short stories of my outdoor adventures. Thursday, 20 September 2012. This past weekend, we visited the Boar and Chick farm in Troy Ontario. Mark and Tania Veenstra are down to earth, caring people that open their doors to anyone who wishes to visit their farm. They even have people passing by stop to sit on their front lawn and destress. We finished our tour with some horse rides. I was volunteered to be the first one. I love horseback riding. It all started...
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Nature's Backpack: Explore. Discover. Connect: A Squirrel's Tale
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Nature's Backpack: Explore. Discover. Connect. Short stories of my outdoor adventures. Friday, 10 May 2013. For the month of May, I am facilitating a Sit Spot Challenge. And through this challenge, the 160 participants share their stories. As I read through the stories, one really stood out and I would like to share it with you. It is written by Deanna Hergert, a Sit Spot Challenge Participant. Enjoy. Suddenly, as Mama squirrel and I watch, the young squirrel loses grip and slips from the branches of the...
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Nature's Backpack: Explore. Discover. Connect: February 2013
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Nature's Backpack: Explore. Discover. Connect. Short stories of my outdoor adventures. Wednesday, 13 February 2013. Guest Blog for Mompreneur Ontario: Vitamin N for Success. Nature (AKA Vitamin N) is an ancient vitamin lacking in many of our lives. What is the first thing that comes to mind when you hear the word ‘nature’? Some may say a forest, a sunset, animals or a meadow. When you picture it in your mind, what type of feelings do you feel? Words often heard are calming, happy, inspired, or serene.
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Nature's Backpack: Explore. Discover. Connect: The Why.
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Nature's Backpack: Explore. Discover. Connect. Short stories of my outdoor adventures. Monday, 28 January 2013. I love telling stories. Most favourite one is why I started Nature's Backpack. Because back then, I was a teacher assistant by day and make-up artist by night and on weekends. Both jobs I really enjoyed and thought I was living my passion. It wasn't until I took the nursery school children to a local conservation area when I realized that a bigger purpose was waiting for me. It didn't stop ther...
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