Colour of Outdoors by Mandy Ford

  • For the record

    A quick trip home for Thanksgiving and such. M. more ›

  • Skipping September

    I’m happy to be writing this blog post in October and backdating it. September wasn’t the greatest time. It’s been a year now since my cousin Joey was lost at sea, and from mid-September til the end, my thoughts have… more ›

  • The Great Cycle Challenge

    75km completed, and $705.98 raised for the SickKids Foundation as of today!There’s still time to donate! I signed up for this challenge on June 21, and to be honest, for many days leading up to its start I was nervous.… more ›

  • A big month

    And now I’m caught up! We’re into August. This month has been really fun. Challenging but fun. To begin the month, I started the Great Cycle Challenge! This nationwide event is a fundraiser for the SickKids Foundation, kids cancer research… more ›

  • A July that flew by..

    As I mentioned in my previous post, I didn’t receive my new computer until August so I was unable to post. This is my summary article for July. I made a quick trip home at the end of July to… more ›

  • A summary of June

    I’ll admit, I’m posting this in August. My iMac that I purchased way back in 2013 decided it didn’t want to work anymore, so I’ve been since early June without a personal computer at home. But today I received my… more ›

  • My Mother’s Day

    You may be thinking to yourself, Mother’s Day was last weekend? May 8th? But you’d be misinterpreting. Today, my mom put herself first. After many, many years of putting others above her, today she is first. Today is my mother’s… more ›

  • Earth Day

    It’s Earth Day 2022! I took some time to reflect on what ways I #InvestInOurPlanet and it turns out, there are a lot of ways! Some things come second nature as an Indigenous person still living in the territory I… more ›

  • blood memory

    our bodies are pockets of bone and fleshwhen we step on the land our feet feel the dirt beneath usbut our blood and our soul feels what others have felt before us the treeless forestthe empty streamthe birdless skythe unpollinated… more ›

  • Note to Self (and to You)

    People are pretty annoying, I’m not gonna lie. Most days I’m on sensory overload and long for peace and quiet, and mostly, I do get that. But in the grander scheme of things, the majority of people are good and… more ›