Autumn-tide has begun in earnest, and in between navigating the heavier traffic of the highways of this season, flickering memories of some of the summer byways that I’ve ambled along come to me. One of my favourites is the meadow path veering off the main trail in a nearby nature park. Now, as the busy …

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Spring fatigue—it’s a thing, right? Tiredness that we wish we could shake off even as the days lengthen in northern climes? Instead of more energy as daylight hours increase, lethargy. Instead of buoyancy, weariness. In my part of the world in the Canadian Pacific Southwest, the sap is rising, yes. I can hardly complain! Snowdrops …

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