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Author Archives: Chris Semrick

Our Newborn Baby

After 24 hours of grueling labour, and three hours of hard pushing, the Midwife declared the baby was stuck and we were going to need medical intervention. A hundred years ago, I think it is likely my wife would have died with our unborn child. Thankfully we had the support of our midwife, nurses and […]

Posted byChris SemrickSeptember 3, 2012September 3, 2012Posted inMINDFUL LIVINGTags: baby, birthing, midwife, newborn, parenting

You Are What Your Food Eats

Health conscious people are going to great lengths to watch what they eat these days. They acknowledge the old adage: “you are what you eat”. After all, it makes intuitive sense, and under the laws of physics it must be true. What else is your body made of, if not the food you eat? If […]

Posted byChris SemrickAugust 10, 2012Posted inHEALTH & WELLNESS, MINDFUL LIVINGTags: chris semrick, food, meat, nutrition

Chickens And Piglets And Lambs! Oh My!

I spent a week of spring break on my sister’s 107 acre farm, North of Kamloops, near my home town of Barriere. Five years ago, her family moved onto this beautiful piece of land that is recovering from being logged 10 years prior. The property is bordered on one side by a small river with a […]

Posted byChris SemrickJune 1, 2012Posted inMINDFUL LIVINGTags: chickens, chris semrick, ethical, farm, food, lambs, meat, pigs

Spring Projects

Every spring, I take on a significant landscaping or outdoor project. After months of seemingly endless darkness, I crave working outside. Finally, the days have become long enough to get something done. Today, I installed the liner in my frog pond. It was so satisfying to turn the hose on and watch the water rise […]

Posted byChris SemrickMarch 14, 2012Posted inMINDFUL LIVINGTags: chris, habitat, pond, projects, semrick, spring, wildlife

Save the World with Leftovers

I am certain that fresh, whole foods are essential for health. You literally are what you eat. Processed foods have a surplus of calories but are deplete in nutrition — the result is lots of energy to burn, but little ability to heal. Fresh produce is literally the cure for the obesity epidemic looming over […]

Posted byChris SemrickJanuary 11, 2012Posted inMINDFUL LIVINGTags: chris semrick, food, leftovers, local, soup

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