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A Strong County
Tuesday, December 12, 2017 I started writing these articles in 2010 and my intention was and is to pay attention to the goodness that is...

Lynda Shadbolt
Aug 24, 20203 min read
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Worriers to Warriors
Tuesday, November 28, 2017 I can remember sitting in my high school math class and being so excited as the teacher introduced the ideas...

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Aug 24, 20203 min read
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84 and 89
Tuesday, November 14, 2017 My dad, John Shadbolt, was born on Nov 8, 1928. He was born in Hitchen Herts (an hour north of London,...

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Aug 24, 20202 min read
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Playgrounds to Playgrounds
Tuesday, October 31, 2017 For the first 7-8 years of my daughter’s life she spent a lot of time at Head Lake Park running around on the...

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Aug 24, 20202 min read
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A Community that Welcomes
Tuesday, October 17, 2017 We are a community that welcomes. I just smiled all weekend at Hometown Hockey. What a welcome they got! And...

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Aug 24, 20202 min read
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Born to Walk
Tuesday, October 3, 2017 I have the world’s best dog (and cat), the world’s best friends who love to walk and I live in a county where...

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Aug 24, 20202 min read
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Exploring
Tuesday, September 17, 2017 I’m writing this article as I sit on a rock overlooking beautiful Georgian Bay. I’m working for the...

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Aug 24, 20202 min read
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Veloroute des Blueuets
Tuesday, September 5, 2017 I was saved by a Café this summer while on vacation. Seriously, it saved my spirit. It isn’t the first time,...

Lynda Shadbolt
Aug 24, 20202 min read
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Positively Drenched in Enthusiasm
Tuesday, August 8, 2017 My husband and I were eating breakfast a few mornings ago when he told me  a story about a bird that we have seen...

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Aug 24, 20202 min read
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Mothfest
Tuesday, July 25, 2017 I had no idea there were 11,000 species of moths in North America, and about 3,000 in our province. Scientists...

Lynda Shadbolt
Aug 24, 20202 min read
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The Moon and the Sun
Tuesday, July 11, 2017 The very almost nearly full thunder/ buck moon kept me company on Saturday evening as I drove home from Orillia...

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Aug 24, 20203 min read
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Grandfather Gnome
Tuesday, June 27, 2017 I had no idea when I married my husband that he came from a family who put gnomes in their gardens. Over the past...

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Aug 24, 20202 min read
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Kindness and Happiness
Tuesday, June 13, 2017 Mary Oliver, a famous American poet and writer said ““Hello, sun in my face. Hello you who made the morning and...

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Aug 24, 20202 min read
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A Community of Love
Tuesday, May 30, 2017 I always take notes, scribble quotes and write ideas down in my journals, and every once in a while I go back and...

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Aug 24, 20202 min read
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Student Trustee TLDSB
Tuesday, May 16, 2017 The Trillium Lakelands District School Board student trustee for the 2017-2018 school year was elected by G7...

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Aug 24, 20202 min read
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The Pause
Tuesday, May 16, 2017 In my 20 years of learning about yoga, I have to come to understand that every style and every teacher has their...

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Community Living
Thursday, May 4, 2017 Every year for the past nine years, Grade 10 students at Haliburton Highlands Secondary School have researched...

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Guatemala
Tuesday, May 2, 2017 In my last article I wrote about my upcoming adventure to Guatemala to do a 21 day Ayurvedic, Yoga and Meditation...

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Aug 24, 20203 min read
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20 Years
Tuesday, March 21, 2017 20 years ago, in 1997, I was co-organizing a Rotary Youth Leadership Award (RYLA) conference for 16-18 year olds...

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Aug 24, 20203 min read
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YMCA HERS
Tuesday, March 7, 2017 I had no idea that my sister was suffering. She had been divorced for a couple of years and had started to go on...

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Aug 24, 20203 min read
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