Sue McDowell
A project Looms
When last I left you, gentle reader, I was moving forward from Covid and optimistic about my art. I can say, with great relief, that...
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Sue McDowell
Jun 9, 20212 min read
A new summer?
I don't know about you, but once vaccinations were a reality, I've been looking forward to summer. To be honest, I've looked forward to...
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Sue McDowell
Feb 8, 20215 min read
Inspiration: life to art
Last April I had four goals in mind. Two I’d known about for months - heal from a scheduled hip replacement surgery and participate in...
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Sue McDowell
Jan 1, 20214 min read
Ringing in a brand new year
I couldn't resist looking back to my post from last December, Way back then, (doesn't it feel like more than 365 days?) I listed out...
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Sue McDowell
Dec 1, 202010 min read
Writing through grief...
November has been a trying month. My joy at working on the 2nd draft of my hockey memoir was tempered by the death of our beloved canine...
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Sue McDowell
Nov 10, 20206 min read
C'mon now...
I wasn't happy with my last post. To be fair, I write these for my own intrinsic purpose so what does it matter? But even by that...
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Sue McDowell
Nov 8, 20205 min read
It's a number's game?
My colleagues and I have been busy this week capturing the amazing traffic of polar bears coming thru Churchill Manitoba as they wait for...
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Sue McDowell
Oct 29, 20202 min read
Sometimes it seems bleak...
My shift on the Explore.org polar bear cams cams this week was quiet and "cold." The weather had turned in Churchill with sharply...
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Sue McDowell
Oct 22, 20202 min read
We're back!
Last Sunday I got the email I'd been anxiously waiting for...my shift notice at Explore.org confirming that I was going to be on the...
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Sue McDowell
Oct 8, 20203 min read
It's Fall!
Fall is my favorite season. In Michigan, we're having amazing weather - crisp air, warm sun. The gorgeous paintbrush of Fall is being...
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Sue McDowell
Aug 10, 20202 min read
Summer lovin'
I have always struggled to find clothes with pockets. I need pockets because I don't carry purses but I do carry pens and my cell phone...
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Sue McDowell
Jul 22, 20203 min read
Learning local during a pandemic
“The world is moved along, not only by the mighty shoves of its heroes, but also by the aggregate of tiny pushes of each honest worker.”...
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Sue McDowell
Jul 14, 20204 min read
Wild, wild lands...
As an offshoot of my reading Amy Irvine and Edward Abbey this month, I've been ruminating on the pros and cons of our human reach. Irvine...
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Sue McDowell
Jul 11, 20204 min read
Learning during a pandemic
The pandemic has been a blessing in one way - I have had a lot of time to read. In the old busy days I'd read a book and then,...
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Sue McDowell
Jun 29, 20206 min read
It's a "process"*
This morning I read that Charles Webb (author of The Graduate) has died. In the article about him in the Boston Globe, he was quoted as...
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Sue McDowell
Jun 22, 20203 min read
Respite, "a short period of rest or relief from something difficult or unpleasant."
In my last post, I shared my struggles to think positively in this time of Covid, anti-racist protests, and increasing climate awareness....
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Sue McDowell
Jun 15, 20204 min read
I can and must do better.....
As I planned out what I was going to write, this week, I kept circling around two points I'm struggling to comprehend in a meaningful...
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Sue McDowell
Jun 8, 20203 min read
Care, and care alike....
As much as I would like to retreat even more these days, I just read an excellent article, from the journal Nature, that found,...
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Sue McDowell
May 27, 20202 min read
What's it like in your neck of the woods (or barrens?)....
I was fascinated to see the pictures from the Wapusk park explore.org cams this week that included capturing caribou as they wander about...
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Sue McDowell
May 15, 20203 min read
Still on pause?
Like so many other folks these days, I've been conserving my energy - getting some exercise but then finding I have no energy left for...
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