Category: Hope
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Gull Lake Camp video
Hey all, I just wanted to share my latest project with you. I did a video of some still photos I took with my drone when I did a creative retreat out at Gull Lake last fall. Enjoy. Kevin
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Rebranding
Thrutheashes.blog is no more. After a few weeks of contemplation, and poking around in WordPress, I have made the decision to merge my photography website and my blog. Thrutheashes served me well when I was in the depths of my mental health recovery, however, in recent months I have come to feel that I am…
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Perseverence Pays Off…
The last couple of weeks have been a blur. Lynn and I travelled home from Calgary on May 1 and I was back in the office on May 2. To say that heading into the office after a week off felt like walking into a meat grinder is almost an understatement. I had quite a…
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Time Flies
I have no idea where the time has gone. It doesn’t seem real that the last post I published here was back in February. As usual, work continues to keep me busy; however, it hasn’t been overwhelmingly so. I’m tired, but the tired associated with working hard and maximum effort as opposed to the soul-crushing…
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Paying off…
Here’s to being another year older and wiser. The birthday celebration was quiet this year. I ended up working out of my Stettler office for the day then met Lynn and a friend for supper at a Stettler restaurant. Lynn did give me a nice birthday present though, a new briefcase for work which I…
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Whirlwind…
The last couple of weeks have been … intense. Just about two weeks ago, we said goodbye to our precious Willow. We ultimately ended up having the vet come out on the Monday as we detected another problem with her and we just didn’t want her suffering any more. I’m not going to lie; I…
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Looking at the year ahead with hope…
‘Twas the night before Christmas…. How can another year be nearly over? I can say with all honesty that 2022 has flown by. The last year has been one hell of a ride; it’s been full of challenge, growth and endurance. I sailed past the two year anniversary of my last hospital admission with barely…
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That is another course done! I got my results back from my final assignment last night, and with them comes the end of my current course as this course does not have a final exam. While I didn’t do as well as I would have liked, on the final assignments, my overall mark for the…
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Good news, bad news…
Where to even begin. I’ve kept busy over the last few weeks, though I did manage some much needed downtime during the latter part of October. I spent a couple days working through workshops hosted by Adobe Systems, which showcased improvements and changes to the software I use all the time with my photography. A…
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Getting a curve ball…
To say that October has not gone according to plan is … something of an understatement. I reached out to Dr. M at the centre to find out when I was on the radar to be seen as the fall is when we usually check in. The news I received ground me to halt. P,…
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Remembering 9/11, its impact on my mental health journey
It seems almost fitting that the full moon last night was red. Twenty-one years ago, the United State was hit with an almost unimaginable tragedy. The events of Sept. 11, 2001 are forever etched in my mind. I remember waking up to a phone call that morning from mom, telling me to turn on the…
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Feeling strong…
I can’t believe it has been nearly a month since I’ve last wrote. Things have been … busy. Aside from a lull in the closing days of July and the first few days of August, work has been keeping me pretty steady. It seems like whenever I am have got things just about wrapped up…
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Catching up
It’s been a minute since I’ve had a chance to collect my thoughts and write. Between spending over a week in Saskatchewan at Lynn’s mom’s place and work being short-staffed, life has kept me hopping. Fortunately, I’m 90 per cent caught up from my time away and the staffing issues are in the process of…
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Tweaking things…
It is unbelievably the middle of July already. This year has been flying by. Between work, school and cramming in some time for Lynn my schedule has been pretty busy. Still, despite the craziness I have been pushing myself to make some changes. I’ve been out wildlife shooting a bit in May and June, just…
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Time off…
Well, I’ve been benched for a few days. My publisher is having me take a few days off to burn off some overtime I’ve accumulated. As frustrating as it is, as I have things to do, I definitely appreciate it. I don’t think I realized quite how fatigued I was. I’m off for three days…
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An update, new photos
I need to do better at writing on my blog; after all, it is where I got my start. Life continues to be busy with work work and school. As far as work goes, there never seems to be enough hours in the day to get everything done that I need to, but for the…
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Another course down…
So, a lot has happened in the three weeks since my last post. Work has been continuing to push me and challenge me in positive ways, and with the health restrictions across the province I’ve been given the opportunity to cover more and more events. At the end of March, I completed the English course…
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Stress test
It’s been a minute since I’ve had a chance to collect my thoughts and do a blog post. The last couple of weeks have challenged me both personally and professionally. A local firefighter with the department I used to volunteer with was killed in the line of duty at the start of February. The gentleman…
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Checking in…
I’m entering my third week as a full time journalist, and I am feeling great. The last two weeks have been great, though busy. Hell, last week was insane, but I’m not complaining. I’m just grateful that I managed to get some downtime yesterday. Aside from doing some social media posting for work, yesterday was…
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Finding routines…
I think something that has been helping my mental health so much lately has been a matter of routine. Getting up and going to bed at around the same time every day has really helped with that. Usually, my first alarm goes off at 0640-hrs, with me normally out of bed a little out of…
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Changes afoot…
It’s official, sports fans. My permanent part-time position is transitioning to a permanent full-time position effective next Monday, with my new position as the new multi-media journalist for Stettler and Castor. The only real changes between what I am doing now and the position is that the new position will be more focused on Castor…
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Finding positive stress…
It’s hard to describe, but this week has been equally frustratingly busy and agonizingly slow. This was was my first week doing layout for both papers, which was definitely some added challenge. Still, being so early in the new year, combined with cases of the Omicron variant of COVID-19 blowing up across the province, it…