Matt J. Simmons

Matt J. Simmons always equips himself with safety sunglasses and a bandit-style dust mask before attempting any home renovation projects. When not gleefully taking on demolition, he writes.

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🔍Read Full ArticleWho Loves the Sun?

Who Loves the Sun?

🕔Sep 10, 2018

Without that big yellow ball of fire in the sky, none of us would exist. But sometimes fire is what we least desire.

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🔍Read Full ArticleWhen Dark is Light

When Dark is Light

🕔Nov 06, 2017

The dark is mystery. It is the unknown. It can be comforting or terrifying, or both at the same time.

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🔍Read Full ArticleWelcome to the Truth

Welcome to the Truth

🕔Feb 24, 2017

If Truth can be found at the bottom of a bottle, it can also be found in the crumbs of a vanished sandwich.

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🔍Read Full ArticleWatching for wildlife: Animal encounters in northern BC

Watching for wildlife: Animal encounters in northern BC

🕔Apr 04, 2014

I remember distinctly the first time I saw a wolf outside a wildlife enclosure.

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🔍Read Full ArticleWalk low—Spring hikes in northern BC

Walk low—Spring hikes in northern BC

🕔Mar 28, 2013

The first hikes of spring in northern BC.

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🔍Read Full ArticleUnder the Water

Under the Water

🕔May 01, 2017

Can collaboration exist in isolation?

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🔍Read Full ArticleThe Upside of Going Downhill: Mountain Biking in Northern BC

The Upside of Going Downhill: Mountain Biking in Northern BC

🕔Apr 01, 2012

I pour sweat. Not the glistening perspiration of a warm day—this is the shirt-soaking stuff.

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🔍Read Full ArticleThe Slow Season

The Slow Season

🕔Dec 04, 2018

Time can be such an unfaithful friend, too often rushing by like the white quickness of a turbulent river. Thankfully, though, there are things in life which are suited to slowing down. Winter is one, for me anyway.

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🔍Read Full ArticleThe Lost & Found for Memories

The Lost & Found for Memories

🕔Jul 31, 2018

What would it be like to try on someone else’s memories? An intrusion? Or the ultimate intimacy?

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The Long John

🕔Nov 25, 2016

Wearing long johns is like giving your legs a hug.

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