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Maria Legault

Hiker, reader, and philosopher in love with Southern Ontario.

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A Skinful of Shadows by Frances Hardinge

One of my favourite pre-pandemic activities was visiting my local Kitchener Public Library. For the last two years (almost to the day as I pen this blog) while COVID-19 raged on in the world, my library visits were brief, almost non-existent. The rest of my family, also being big readers, switched to using their Kobo…

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What to Think about War (When I’m Honest)

It was quite a shock for me to see war break out between Russia and Ukraine in 2022. When people of the past looked forward to the future of today, surely they did not see countries fighting for conquest of physical land. That said, after two years of a global pandemic, it does feel like…

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Why I Don’t Want to Kick My Coffee Obsession

Staring at the bright light of my computer screen, I have a jolt of realization not caused by coffee beans. It’s 2022, and I have not published a blog article on my site since 2017. Then I do the math. That’s a whole five years! During that time, I invested a lot into my professional…

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Rain Water & Morel Mushrooms – The Beginning of an RV Experience

It was my first hour on the property with the new RV. Rain was pouring down all around. The full rush of the Grand River straining at its banks was a distant melody. It was my first hour with the new RV – and I was absolutely soaked. May in Waterloo Region had already seen…

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Puzzling Away

When you take on the task of making a puzzle, it’s likely that a formerly useless space in your home will adopt the appearance of a busy work station. The table in my kitchen currently resembles the scattered, busy desk of an insane genius. And, on some early-spring evenings when the wind is howling away…

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Honouring Baby Steps

I confess that I had to double-check on the euphemism to use for this post. Baby Steps turned out to be the most accurate term for the concept in my head – the idea of taking “a tentative act or measure which is the first stage in a long and challenging process” (Oxford Dictionary, 2017)….

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Hello, and welcome to Maria’s world!

I love supporting the growth of communities of very different people, visiting nature in my backyard and across the country, and finding the next best book.

I am currently an active member of ClimateActionWR’s Transportation Sector Committee, the Green Party of Ontario, and CycleWR.

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