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A short update on Emily (and less about food)
It’s been just over a month since my last blog post! See? This is why I’ll never ‘make it’ in the blogging world. For someone who hates spending too much of her day staring at a glowing screen, I’m surprised I’ve kept it up this long! Here’s a bit of an update on me.
Rerouting to Root: Back to Toronto for a while
A last minute gut decision has transported me back to Toronto for a while. Despite being homeless, it feels good to be home.
Turning Points
As I reach the halfway mark of my trip, I find myself at a turning point in more ways than one. After several weeks of being caught up in a slew of new experiences (and not blogging much in case it wasn’t obvious) I am heading west, now with more confidence and a renewed sense of adventure.
Social Change
I am pondering more deeply the notion of “social change,” and realizing it is less about what we do, and more about how we do it.
Time for a Reality Check
After my first month on the road, it’s time for some restrategizing as I think I am sometimes in over my head with the ambitions I first set out with.
It’s my bike trip and I’ll blog if I want to
Some deep reflecting on how I want to live my life on this bike trip gives rise to a re-evaluation of how connected to technology I want to be. (Warning: This may not be good news for my most loyal blog readers!)
Food as a gift of the universe
One of the reasons I am so passionate about food is that it’s a subject with a seemingly infinite number of angles to observe it from. What is food? Sustenance, obviously. But more personally, it’s taste, emotion, history, culture, community, communication, and health (or disease). It’s political. It’s ethical. It’s economic. It’s globalization and it’s [...]
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