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Book review for "Lost Lambs" by Madeline Cash

Reed Nyffeler Published: October 28, 2025 Publisher: Greenleaf Audiobooks Summary  This book is not about how to become a leader. It is a guide to recognize potential and empower future leaders. "Lead Exponentially: Your path to developing authentic and intentional leaders" is written directly to current leaders, especially those in established roles who will one day need to pass on the torch. The book does a good job explaining the importance of actively developing leader

Reflect 2025 – Growth.  Humility.  Service.   My pursuit of knowledge continues to yield compounding value. Learning brings wonder, inspiration and appreciation.  It helps me better understand the world, the people, and my place in it.  The past year was challenging, yet my optimism for a better future remains strong.  I will take change and uncertainty over rose-coloured monotony. Reset I started job hunting this fall, after a 10-year break as a stay-at-home mom.  In previou

A book review of Dr. Mike Bechtle's book "How to Communicate with Confidence."

Book Review for "The Book of Gothel: Memoir of a Witch."

This is a book review for the audiobook: Hidden Seasons by Tristan Gooley

Trees and Shrubs of Alberta  Kathleen Wilkinson  ©1990  Lone Pine Publishing  Date Reviewed:  November 28, 2025    Summary  This is an excellent beginner's guide to trees and shrubs in Alberta.  It is written in easy-to-read, plain language that doesn’t require a degree in botany to understand. It is a perfect book for learning about common woody plants in Alberta.    What makes this book great:  Plain language  Coloured pictures  Descriptions of natural regions and habitats

A walk through one of southern Alberta's wetlands.

personal update, huck lace, handspun, english angora

Reflections from the year 2024 on the fibre front

About a year ago, a thought popped into my head: "What if I made my own fabric?" The thought was, in part, birthed out of frugality...

Is there a word for the strange sensations of a new place? I think most of us have experienced them in an unfamiliar house: the ticks,...

I was honoured today to receive my contributor's copy of Winter 2021 Open Minds Quarterly: Explorations of life in a mad world. The...