March 2024 – Writes with Wolves

“I let myself feel sad.”

I have always been very emotional. Wait. Scratch that. I have always been told that I am very emotional. Note that difference? Despite my mom pointing out that I was not the child who had the frequent temper tantrums, it was always stated that I had some big feelings. “Oh, there’s Lauren, having feelings again.”Continue reading ““I let myself feel sad.””

Tea for Two at Lovejoys

I want to tell you a story about Little Lauren. When I was 5 or 6 years old, I was tasked to help my Thea clean my Puna’s collection of tea cups. My Puna had been collecting tea cups from all over Canada and the US for most of her adult life and she keptContinue reading “Tea for Two at Lovejoys”

You should probably stop avoiding thinking about sustainability and start actually doing something about it.

Around 2017, I started being really conscious of how much was waste as human beings because it was finally brought to my attention. Did you know that around 1.3 billion ton of food is wasted, worldwide, each year? Or that 8.3 billion tons of plastic have been produced since the 1950s? Have you been toContinue reading “You should probably stop avoiding thinking about sustainability and start actually doing something about it.”

February 2024 in Books

You wouldn’t know from looking at this list but I was in a serious rut in the beginning of February. After finishing The Haunting of Hill House (disappointing), I just couldn’t figure out anything to read. As you’ll read below, I definitely blew through that but the beginning of February was so BLAH. I didn’tContinue reading “February 2024 in Books”