I was waiting to write a post that was more well thought-out and structured. Something that could get published somewhere important.  But a few days ago, I was reading through the old posts on my blog and realized I used to do a lot more […]

Hi friends!  This week was my first full week back at work – you don’t realize how much you’ve been sitting during pandemic, until your feet are sore at the end of the day and you’re wondering why.  I don’t know how things are where […]

This is the 5th installation of the micah 6.8 series, in which I explore how faith influences our everyday life. If you haven’t read the other installations, you can start here: Part 1: never productive enough, Part 2: the food we eat, Part 3: the beauty we […]

These were the months we were solidly stuck at home. They’ll be the months we will look back on in disbelief that they actually happened – the pandemic, the riots, the events that made history. And yet despite the big earthshaking events around us, our […]

OK guys, this is going to be FUN. So, this micah6.8 series has developed in large part because of you, my readers! I have thoroughly enjoyed reading your answers to the prompts, as well as the process of synthesizing the answers/stories into a piece that […]

Hi friends, I find it ironic that I am writing about the work we do in a time when work as we know it has been completely upended. But even more so, it forces us to ask the questions of what we deem as success, […]

I met Jeff on a FB live we did together for Science Careers on the real life of a scientist. His piece had been about reading fiction; mine was about coffee breaks. About a month later, I find out that he’s doing a passion project […]

I know everyone’s been on social media sharing what they’ve been up to in these times of social isolation, but my instinct has been instead to run the opposite direction so I don’t feel like my whole life is being taken over by Zoom. So, […]

It’s been a slow season of writing for me. My past few months have not been my normal (have they been anyone’s really?), and I’m still getting back into a rhythm. But, this past weekend, during a call with one of my girlfriends, we started […]

A bit late, I know, considering we’re already a week into February. But a lot of Jan was filled with life changes, including moving back to Montreal – and so now that I’m firmly in routine (oh how I love routines!), this is my first […]