About Steff
This is my interstellar craft of truth and wit. Buckle up. If you want celebrity gossip, this is not the blog for you. If you want comfortable postings that’ll fill you with happy fuzzy thoughts about the world at large, or self-help guru shit, this is not the blog for you.
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Category Archives: Victoria Lifestyle
Just a moment ago, I was stretching my stiff ass on my balance ball, watching the Women’s Omnium’s final race in the Olympics. (If you’re not familiar, it’s a serious of cycling track races that get tallied up for an overall score for the winner, kinda like track’s Heptathalon.) Canada’s Tara Whitten finished fourth overall [...]
Also posted in Cycling, fitness, Uncategorized Tagged #yyj, cycling, experience, good and bad, victoria Leave a comment
May
04
2012
Our Lives After Their Death
There’s a full moon tomorrow. I’m in a weird headspace. In social media, I’m seeing snippets here and there from those I’m connected with, remembering the passing of our good friend Derek Miller last year. My thoughts on Derek, as his death took the world by storm by way of an incredible blog post, were [...]
Also posted in aging, Autobiographical, Dimestore Philosophy, Opinion (Editorial & Commentary), Society, Specifically Steff, writing Tagged death, Derek K. Miller, learning, legacy, lessons, life, remembering, The Last Post, the penmachine Leave a comment
Apr
26
2012
Finding My Words
I’ve been enjoying the reclusive life and doing a lot of solo exploring in small chunks since I’ve moved. It can’t, and won’t, continue for much longer but it’s been a brilliant choice on my end. It’s only now, clearly, that my desire to write is returning. I was sure this would happen sooner, and part [...]
Also posted in Autobiographical, Being me, slow, writing Tagged becoming slow, changing gears, changing your life, creativity, lifechange, simplicity, slow life, slow movement, transitioning, writing 1 Comment
Apr
24
2012
Where I Am Now: Pictures
I was lucky to be born and raised in Vancouver, the only member of my massive, massive extended family with that privilege. The city outgrew me, and trying to decide where I could live that wouldn’t leave me brokenhearted about where I’d left, well, that was a challenge at first, until I realized Victoria could [...]
Posted in Victoria Lifestyle Tagged bc, coastlines, d3100, nature, nikon, ocean, photography, sea, victoria, water 1 Comment
Apr
23
2012
On The Quieting of the Self
I don’t think I’ve blogged regularly in months, but that’s the nature of lifechange for me. I don’t deal well with change, and it’s possibly why I resist it so hard for so long. That said, there’s a book on ADHD called The Unquiet Mind, and that phrase aptly describes my mental state of the last several [...]
Also posted in Autobiographical, slow, Specifically Steff Tagged changing yourself, new life, relocating, simplicity, slow life, slowing down, the slow movement, victoria 1 Comment
Cycling: Why You Should Start, & How