Dr. Lynn Sloane

01/05/2026

tiny journal: What resources, skills, and practices will be helpful to you in the coming year?

01/05/2026

01/04/2026

tiny journal: “And now let us believe in a long year that is given to us, new, untouched, full of things that have never been.”—Rainer Maria Rilke. I want to fill my year with...

01/03/2026

tiny journal: Donna Ashworth:

When I say ‘happy new year’,
I’m not for a moment,
expecting this to occur,
for that is not possible,
a year must be all things.

Happiness must come and go,
like the tides and the winds,
just as sadness,
and all the emotions in between.

When I say ‘happy new year’,
I’m really wishing you,
a baseline of peace,
of gratitude.

Because if you can sit with these things,
for the most part,
happiness will thrive,
when it does arrive,
and sadness will know its place in the mix.

If you can nourish these things,
daily,
you will also grow hope,
for it flourishes in such soil.

And hope is the key,
to this enigmatic state
of ‘happiness’ we seek.

When I say ‘happy new year’,
I’m really wishing you more happy days,
than sad days,
more joy than misery,
more laughter than tears…
and the wisdom to accept,
that they all belong.

Happy new year, my friends.
Happy new year.

What does this stir up? Write about saying Happy New Year, about hearing it...

01/03/2026

This Sunday on Jan. 4, we will celebrate the fourth annual Ribbon Skirt Day, an occasion to expand our knowledge and understanding of the important of traditional garments as an expression of Indigenous culture.

The origins of Ribbon Skirt Day are found in Cote First Nation, located in Saskatchewan, home to Isabella Kulak.

In December 2020 10-year-old Isabella participated in a formal dress up day at her school. She wore a handmade ribbon skirt for the occasion, and was told that her skirt was not considered formal wear.

Isabella’s story, and the national attention that followed, prompted an outpouring of support including photos and ribbons sent to Kulak as gifts. Ultimately, that attention resulted in the passage of a Bill on Dec. 15, 2022 proclaiming Jan. 4 as National Ribbon Skirt Day.

Visit https://sharedhealthmb.ca/about/community/indigenous-health/ and check out The Ribbon Skirt Teaching below from Ma Mawi Wi Chi Itata Centre to learn more.

Ma Mawi Wi Chi Itata Centre, Inc.

01/02/2026

tiny journal: re: motivation: "I think to myself, when I’m debating whether to put on those running shoes, “I never work out and then regret it. I never go for a run and then, when I’m finished, wish I had stayed home.” Then I lace up my shoes and head out the door." - Sarah Hansen. How does this feel? (now if only I could get motivated to do my past-due book-keeping.)

01/01/2026

Poem with a subliminal message.

01/01/2026

tiny journal:
Interstellar Alliance Declaration of Principles (First Edition)
The universe speaks in many languages, but only one voice.
The language is not Narn, or Human, or Centauri, or Gaim or Minbari
It speaks in the language of hope
It speaks in the language of trust
It speaks in the language of strength and the language of compassion
It is the language of the heart and the language of the soul.
But always it is the same voice
It is the voice of our ancestors, speaking through us,
And the voice of our inheritors, waiting to be born
It is the small, still voice that says
We are one
No matter the blood
No matter the skin
No matter the world
No matter the star:
We are one
No matter the pain
No matter the darkness
No matter the loss
No matter the fear
We are one
Here, gathered together in common cause, we agree to recognize the
singular truth and this singular rule:
That we must be kind to one another
Because each voice enriches us and ennobles us and each voice lost
diminishes us.
We are the voice of the Universe, the soul of creation, the fire
that will light the way to a better future.
We are one.
We are one.
(Babylon 5, Season 5)

How is that to consider on the first day of 2026?

12/31/2025

tiny journal: What awaits me in 2026 ...

12/31/2025

Truly