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Bringing down the circus tent (or not): a lesson in equanimity

A middle ground between throwing your laptop out a window and running away screaming and letting the chaos eat you alive. That’s…

3 min readFeb 1, 2023

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Bringing down the circus tent (or not): a lesson in equanimity

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What’s your superpower?

I’m in awe of people who can capture a crystal-clear shot of a short-eared owl hunting a vole at 100 metres; of a friend’s ability to speak…

3 min readNov 21, 2022

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What’s your superpower?

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5-year-plan: what not to tell your manager. Maybe.

Last week at work, my manager sent an email, asking for a 5-year plan. My gut response to where I want to be in 5 years was “not here”, but…

4 min readJun 8, 2022

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a marsh wren perched on a reed in a marsh, mouth open, singing.

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15 Minutes of yoga: making the commute from life to work (and back) more meaningful

15 Minutes of yoga. That’s what I promised myself I’d do every day, save Sunday, in order to heal and stay sane and separate this thing…

4 min readFeb 3, 2022

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Sunrise in Cappadocia with hot air balloons in silhouette

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Tin: On celebrating 10 years of resilience and durability

My Master’s capstone project was a course called Being vs Doing, a deep dive into the art of using yoga teachings to deal with what life…

4 min readNov 11, 2021

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Tin: On celebrating 10 years of resilience and durability

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Lesli Woodruff

Thoughts on the season: Why I say “Merry Christmas” and not “happy holidays” most of the time.

It’s late December of any given year and the sides begin arguments around why or why not one should say happy holidays, why Merry Christmas…

3 min readDec 27, 2023

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A whale shark swimming with little fish. Shark and a few of the little fish are wearing santa hats.

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Praying to the shrubbery

Whenever I think of the word shrubbery, the voice in my head pronounces it in a distinctly Monty Python-esque tone, Knights of the Round…

3 min readAug 27, 2023

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Praying to the shrubbery

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Lesli Woodruff

9855 Yesterdays

On the (day after) the 27th anniversary of my dad’s death.

3 min readAug 10, 2023

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1950s man in his early 20s on the phone in a stark office

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Lesli Woodruff

Just like riding a bike

Life lessons from my first ride on a vintage mountain bike given new life

4 min readApr 23, 2023

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Just like riding a bike

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Lesli Woodruff

A Schrödinger’s Christmas

Dear dad, Happy birthday, on the 25th Christmas since you’ve been gone. It’s like Schrödinger’s Christmas: it’s on but it’s not...

3 min readDec 25, 2021

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A Schrödinger’s Christmas

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Lesli Woodruff

Lesli Woodruff

Instructional Designer, writer, photographer, wanderer, reluctant but sometimes sparkly introvert, curious one, believer in magic. http://lesliwoodruff.com

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