What is in a name? - Contemplating Tuft's Cove on National Truth and Reconciliation Day
I have always been fascinated by the names we give things. Maybe it’s being from the island of Ktaqmkuk (Newfoundland), where the white...
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lindseytheresa
Sep 22, 20232 min read
Madly off in all directions no more!
Yesterday, I forgot my phone at home when I biked to work. When I left work, I forgot my bike shorts and ended up flashing a large swath...
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lindseytheresa
Sep 19, 20232 min read
Therapeutic Writing – A Journey in Healing
Therapeutic Writing has helped me in my darkest hours and on my hardest days. I’ve used it to help process my friend’s suicide, the loss...
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lindseytheresa
Sep 11, 20232 min read
Peaks and Valleys of the Writers' Life
I'm writing this from a definite peak in the Writers' Life. Late last week, the longlist for the CBC Nonfiction Prize was released with...
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lindseytheresa
Aug 18, 20233 min read
The Strongest Person I Know
...is small in stature. If you saw her on the street, you would likely turn your head to look, because she's beautiful. You would notice...
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lindseytheresa
Aug 14, 20232 min read
Post Vacation Blues
I always get a bit down on the last day of vacation. Tetris-packing the car, sweeping the sand from the floorboards of the old house, and...
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lindseytheresa
Aug 1, 20232 min read
International Childfree Day – What is it, and why is it important?
First of all, Happy International Childfree Day! Since it’s not a paid holiday (yet, lol), I got up early to celebrate and reflect on...
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lindseytheresa
Jul 19, 20233 min read
Ollie, 2012(?)-2023
Let’s get the obvious out of the way: he was beautiful. And not just some conventional, average beauty. His good looks were of the...
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lindseytheresa
Jul 4, 20233 min read
Ode to the Old House
The first time Dan pulled onto the lawn of the old house, I thought he was joking. The cedar shake was crusty with old paint and the trim...
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lindseytheresa
Jun 20, 20233 min read
Cheers to Two Year! - On Writers' Groups
When I started writing six years ago, I didn’t have any writer friends. I had a few friends who happened to be writers, but our...
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lindseytheresa
Jun 14, 20232 min read
115 Years of Anne
A wonderful local bookstore, the Dartmouth Book Exchange, hosted a tea this week in honour of the 115th anniversary of Anne of Green...
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lindseytheresa
Jun 2, 20233 min read
A Funeral for the Trees
This morning, I woke to damp grass and a whisper of a rainbow. I’ve never been so happy to see shimmering asphalt and cloudy skies. It’s...
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lindseytheresa
May 29, 20232 min read
Conferences Role in the Writer’s Life
I attended my first writers’ conference this past weekend. I had planned to write this blog post yesterday, but I was too exhausted. I...
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lindseytheresa
May 24, 20233 min read
The Seemingly Contradictory Steps to Taking Feedback
As some of you may know, the query for my unmotherhood memoir, Free or Less, was featured on a popular podcast last week! I hovered over...
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lindseytheresa
May 14, 20234 min read
Happy Mother’s Day from Your Friend, the Unmother
For the last few years, Mother’s Day has been hard for me. While I’m childfree by choice, as more and more of my friends and family...
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lindseytheresa
May 7, 20232 min read
Ode to the Short Story
It’s international short story month! Did you know that? I didn’t, until I saw it in Erica Driefus’ awesome monthly newsletter. But short...
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lindseytheresa
Apr 17, 20231 min read
My Screen Debut on the Author Journey!
Update: I had so much fun with Anne, watch the recording of our conversation here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ti1OSb6S3iM Get your...
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lindseytheresa
Apr 13, 20231 min read
Ekphras-wha?
Join me for a workshop all about ekphrasis on April 30th! I deliver workshops for a living. I write as a passion project. But I’ve never...
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lindseytheresa
Mar 31, 20231 min read
Elizabeth Bishop House Puts the Treat in Retreat
I never really bought into the idea of retreats. You can just write a home, I internally scoffed. But now, I'm eating those words. I'm so...
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lindseytheresa
Mar 16, 20231 min read
dART speak 4 - April 6 @ the Dart Gallery
Join us for the 4th edition of dART speak, a Local Writers' Open Mic brought to you by The Tufts Cove Writers' Collective and the Dart...
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