Mindblown: a blog about philosophy.
Across Canada 2019
In the summer of 2019 my girlfriend, Crystal, and I drove across Canada to pick up a load in a cargo trailer from long term storage to bring back across Canada to our farm. For me, this had been the fourth year in a row to make this exact same trip, but for Crystal it…
Loi Krathong in Chiang Mai, Thailand
When I arrived in Bangkok in the winter of 2017, I met up with Donovan. He rented a scooter and showed me around like a local. One day while sitting in the restaurant at his swanky hotel he said: “Ned, I have to go see about a job up in Chiang Mai. I think we…
Building a House
In the Spring of 2018 we began building a new house in Pictou County, Nova Scotia, for my parents. What a process! We threw around almost all ideas, and finally came up with an ICF (Insulated Concrete Forms from Nudora) house. (as a side note: the only thing I didn’t like about this choice was…
Our New Farm, Red Spruce
This year has been a year of building, that’s for sure. Almost everything has really taken a back seat to building. I’ve only now had a chance to take a look at some of the photographs I’ve taken over the time. Let me step back a second. In 2017 we bought land in Nova Scotia…
In Chiang Mai
For the winter of 2017-2018 I went to Thailand to… I guess find the cheapest rent and learn about a new culture. Truth be told, I really just wanted to be on the land of our farm building, but as it was, going to Thailand was an incredibly beautiful experience that I would not change…
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