June 2014
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Trails Open London – Hyde Park Rotary Trail
Trails Open London promotes trail use, education, natural heritage conservation and stewardship, physical activity and a healthy lifestyle. In its inaugural year, Trails Open London will consist of trails, parks, Environmentally Significant Areas (ESAs), and private-sector sites and organizations that are environmentally focused. Trails Open London, brought to you by London Heritage Council will provide […]
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Trails Open London THIS WEEKEND
I will be attending Trails Open London today and tomorrow. It is the inaugural event to celebrate The Forest City’s Natural Heritage. I have already explored several of the trails in the area that are featured in today’s special event such as Warbler Woods, Sifton Bog, Meadowlilly Woods, and Kains Woods. Please click on the links […]
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Get It Done – It Only Takes 15 Minutes. Seriously!
Get It Done: From Procrastination to Creative Genius in 15 Minutes a Day by Sam Bennett We always complain that there are never enough hours in the day. The good news, is that you don’t need an hour to do something important. You can break it down into 15 minute chunks. These small moments can […]
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Music And Movement Activity Props For Children
The experts put much stock in the early years. Supposedly, it is a period rife with rapid and crucial development, from the intellectual to the kinesthetic, from the social to the emotional, etc. Parents and early childhood care professionals have been eagerly putting together programs to make the most out of this stage of development. If […]
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Writers – Catch Ideas and Be Receptive to Chance
As writers, we need to be open to new ideas, even when we feel like all of our focus should be on our work in process. There is an easy way to do this without getting distracted. I know that there are times when a new idea takes hold and it’s tempting to abandon our […]
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The Rap Guide to Evolution (Know Your History: Episode 52)
Welcome to Know Your History, your monthly dose of hip-hop knowledge. I’m your host Chase March and we have a great show for you today. Normally, what I do on this program is build the show around a specific theme that is important to hip-hop culture. I do a lot of research, find songs that fit […]
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The Wild Mystique of The Writing Process
Writing Wild: Forming a Creative Partnership with Nature by Tina Welling This is one of my favourite quotes from this book . . . “Few of us have role models in our lives for writing, so naturally, few of us are completely convinced that we should spend time and energy doing it.” We are never […]
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Exclusive Atmosphere Interview TONIGHT
I was very humbled to be the only person to get an interview with hip-hop group, Atmosphere last week when they came to London, Ontario. They put on an amazing concert and I was able to hang out backstage with them to record an exclusive interview. I talked to Slug about his writing process, the […]
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Students often say, “What’s the Point of All This?”
Right-Brained Children in a Left-Brained World: Unlocking the Potential of Your ADD Child by Jeffrey Freed and Laurie Parsons. It’s tough being a teacher these days. I see so many students who don’t seem to care about anything. I have no idea how to reach some of them. The past two years have been tough. […]
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Chasing Content – June 2013
It’s time for another edition of Chasing Content! Read all of the posts from last June . . . or just these favs . . . Daredevil Reboots Comic creators love to recreate origin stories. We’ve seen the origin of Daredevil retold four times so far, once from the legendary writer Frank Miller. But I […]