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Yesterday evening my mom and I went grocery shopping to stock up on some foods specifically for me and my dietary restrictions. It can be quite difficult to locate allergy-conscious foods in brandname grocery stores, so my mom and I went to a location in our city that specializes in such food. It is no … More The Astronomical Price of Allergy-Conscious Food

Being a woman affiliated with agriculture can be challenging. There seems to be a sort of unspoken knowledge that it is the male gender that dominates agriculture, and that women are therefore incapable of the same dominance. I have never particularly understood this degrading concept, and I find it bothersome that there fails to be … More Gender Stereotypes in Agriculture

Several posts ago, I wrote a review on the film The Maze Runner. I realized at a later date that although I reviewed the film, I failed to review the book by James Dashner. Dashner is the author of The Maze Runner series. There are four texts in the collection, and are as follows: The … More Book Review: The Scorch Trials

It is no hidden secret that this summer has been incredibly hot, specifically these past few weeks. With temperatures escalating up to thirty-five degrees celsius and the humidity index exaggerating such temperatures to the mid forties, vegetation has begun to demonstrate the effects of such scorching temperatures. Not only has this summer been tremendously hot, … More Agriculture and Its Dependence on Weather

I have already dedicated a prior post here ontheedgeofeverything to the importance of sleep, so I won’t get too far into detail of the concept once again – I don’t want to bore you. However, I wanted to post a review of a recent application I installed on my iPhone that emphasizes the significance of … More App Review: Sleep Cycle

An article posted on MarieClaire.com by Elizabeth Denton caught my eye today. Titled “Anonymous Retoucher Reveals the Crazy Way Victoria’s Secret Models Are Allegedly Altered,” the article depicts an interview with an unnamed individual who once retouched and altered the bodies within advertisements of women who model for Victoria Secret. This anonymous individual disclosed information in … More Media Retouching

An article posted on The Globe and Mail website by Erin Anderssen discusses the elevation of mental illness conditions existing amongst teenagers in Ontario. According to a vast study that has been analyzing teenagers/students in Ontario for the past twenty years, occurrences of depression and anxiety are becoming more apparent in such individuals. One-third of the … More The Rise of Mental Illness in Ontario Teenagers

Snapchat recently unveiled a new feature in which users have access to highly recognized tabloids on the app itself. Magazines and media productions such as Cosmopolitan, People Magazine and Buzzfeed all offer a daily story on Snapchat, and one account titled Refinery 29 shared an article that caught my attention. The article discussed an eating … More The Eating Disorder No One Talks About

For the past twenty-four hours, I have been unable to listen to any radio station or scroll through any social media platform without seeing some sort of information regarding the very recent feud that occurred between Taylor Swift and Kim Kardashian. I fail to possess any interest in the lives of either of these women, … More Celebrity Feuds

Blaine and I watched the film titled Miracle on the weekend. Blaine chose the film because he had seen it before, and I trust his judgment as to whether or not a film is worth watching again. Obviously, Blaine decided it was worth watching again, so I complied with his selection and we watched Miracle. … More Film Review: Miracle

I have attended two weddings this year thus far, one yesterday and one last weekend. I have been invited to attend two more this October, and with being present at several ceremonies celebrations of love this year, I deemed it appropriate to dedicate a blog post to the topic of weddings. I have always enjoyed … More Weddings

I had the opportunity to interview Lily Crawford, the owner of an artisanal art gallery located in Brantford, Ontario called The Crawford Collective. Unfortunately, the interview was done on a rather solemn note as the gallery will be closing its doors on August 27th of this year. The Crawford Collective art gallery is home to … More A Farewell to The Crawford Collective

I often feel as though chain restaurants encounter poor reception from consumers because it is assumed that their menu selection is traditional and fails to offer nothing new or refreshing. While it is easy to make this assumption about chain restaurants, it is important to keep in mind that not all brand name eateries are painted … More Restaurant Review: Crabby Joe’s

The concept of patience has always been something I have struggled with. Throughout my childhood, my parents would constantly remind me to be or to to have patience, and it was never something I could totally comprehend. I have always been an impatient person, and although I do believe I have improved over time, I … More Patience

There are plenty of Internet quotes that describe in one way or another the importance of freeing yourself from angry thoughts and emotions by letting go. I could list some for you, though I’m sure you have stumbled across a significant amount of them on your own. Despite such quotes and the concept of letting … More Letting Go

At a first glance, my positive opinion in regards to shopping local may seem biased considering I live on a farm. While growing up in an agricultural environment has arguably influenced my opinion on this topic, I feel as though I would support the idea of buying and shopping local regardless of my rural background. … More The Importance of Buying Local

For quite some time now, I have been attempting to seek out a skincare regime that banishes my acne entirely. I have dealt with acne since I became a teenager, and I still have acne at my current age of twenty-one. When I first began encountering acne, it was quite mild. I would have the … More Amie Skincare

Being an individual who struggles with anxiety, I figured it would be appropriate to compose a post about this type of mental illness from a personal perspective. I believe that all persons who live and deal with anxiety do so differently. What I mean by this is that I feel as though it is arguable … More Anxiety

I will admit that I have to come clean and state that I did watch the Maze Runner film prior to reading the novel (gasp). I typically am not one to do this, because I have found from personal experience that when a film is developed from a pre-existing book, the film tends to leave … More Film Review: The Maze Runner

John Legend took to Twitter yesterday to express his opinions in relation to the recent fatal shootings of Alton Sterling and Philando Castile. In three separate tweets, Legend blatantly discussed his anger and frustration in regards to the police brutality that has escalated in the United States in recent days. Such brutality has been specifically … More John Legend’s Public Political Activism

I was absolutely devastated to learn of the death of Philando Castile, a black male who was killed yesterday evening by a police officer who pulled him over in a traffic stop in Falcon Heights, Minnesota. I am referring to Castile’s passing as death, though it is questionable as to whether or not I could … More Black Lives Matter: Philando Castile

It is arguable that most persons would recognize the name Oscar Pistorius. Pistorius is a twenty-nine year-old male South African Sprint Runner who had both of his legs amputated below his knees when he was a mere eleven months old due to a congenital defect. As a result, he was the first athlete to compete … More Oscar Pistorius

Jesse Williams, a Hollywood actor commonly recognized for his role on the television series Grey’s Anatomy, is facing a tremendous amount of controversy for a speech he made at the 2016 BET Awards. Williams is an activist in addition to an actor, and in his acceptance speech for the Humanitarian Award at the BET event … More Jesse Williams Controversy

I have never been a person who has had a particular interest for consuming alcohol. Of course I do enjoy an occasional beer once and a while over dinner, or a couple at a social gathering, but becoming intoxicated just fails to appeal to me. I don’t feel as though there is anything wrong with … More Alcohol

Forgiveness is a tricky thing. We are told throughout our lives that forgiveness is essential in order to move forward in relationships with various persons, but we also learn ourselves that forgiveness can be an incredibly difficult thing to grasp. I believe it is arguable that a majority of persons have been involved in a … More Forgiveness

I strongly believe hard and developed work ethic is becoming a thing of previous eras. At the rate society is progressing, with more and more of a focus on social media and internet-based jobs, hard work is becoming something that only our parents and grandparents can recall doing. When I explain to persons that I live … More Building Work Ethic

I typically blog about topics that are prominent in the media or in society, so I figured that for today’s post I would write something a little more personal. It is difficult coming up with topics to blog about everyday, so after a Google search, I came across the prompt to compose a post regarding … More 10 Things I Cannot Live Without

Eyebrows have become a thing of significance in recent years within the beauty industry. Words such as ‘fleek’ and ‘sculpted’ are being used to refer to the appearance of one’s eyebrows, both terms having a positive connotation, and it seems as though there is more pressure now than ever before to have great brows. When I … More Product Review: NYX Micro Brow Pencil

Have you ever noticed the amount of blatant gender segregation that exists in everyday product marketing? The other day I was browsing the aisles at Shopper’s Drug Mart, as I was in need of some new razors. I was scanning the wide array of razors available for purchase when I made a mental note of the ludicrous … More Gender Segregation in Product Marketing

As I’m sure you are well informed by now, I have several food intolerances, one being dairy. The title of this post may therefore confuse you, but the ‘ice cream’ product I am reviewing is actually dairy-free. Weird, I know. How is it possible for an ice cream to be composed without dairy ingredients? This … More Product Review: Coconut Bliss Dairy-Free Ice Cream