2023: A Year of Self Exploration Rather than Space Exploration

<p>We didn&rsquo;t get a white Christmas here in Ottawa, where I&rsquo;ve been camped out for the last two months as I plan my next destination. But this morning, the end of the year, it is -5&deg;C, and a gentle ephemeral snow is sinking down as I walk to a nearby oatmeal caf&eacute;. A week ago, I scoffed at the idea of a hipster caf&eacute; charging $9 for a bowl of oatmeal&mdash;despite most definitely being a hipster myself, sitting here in a toque indoors and adorned with tattoos and piercings on multiple appendages. But then I saw their shelf outside, stacked full of brown paper bags containing bowls of oatmeal free for anyone in need to grab, no questions asked.</p> <p><a href="https://tanyaofmars.medium.com/2023-a-year-of-self-exploration-rather-than-space-exploration-35d423ee24ed"><strong>Click Here</strong></a></p>