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The Weekly Post

How Not to Write a Blog Post (Like This One)

August 10, 2025 CJ Bowers

Or: A Step-by-Step Guide to Getting Absolutely Nothing Done

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Creative Writing, The Weekly Post

Upon a Smoky Morn

August 4, 2025August 4, 2025 CJ Bowers

A pall of smoke, like ghosts that softly creep, Hangs heavy 'cross the vale, the hills asleep

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Parenting, The Weekly Post

Be Brave Enough to Be Bad

August 3, 2025August 3, 2025 CJ Bowers

Being terrible at something in front of your kid might be the bravest thing you do today.

Tagged bold, boy, brave, child, family, father, fatherhood, kid, life, mental health, motherhood, new, parent, Parenting, son, talent, toddler, try, tryingLeave a comment
The Weekly Post

Writing Like a Parent, Parenting Like a Writer

July 28, 2025 CJ Bowers

Writing and parenting have more in common than I ever expected—both messy, uncertain, and full of moments where all you can do is show up and try your best.

Tagged baby, books, child, children, family, kids, life, parent, Parenting, patience, son, writer, writingLeave a comment
Rescue, The Weekly Post

What it Takes

July 20, 2025July 20, 2025 CJ Bowers

Working at an animal shelter means heartbreak and hope in the same breath. It takes everything—and gives back more than you’d expect.

Tagged animal, animals, cat, cats, dog, dogs, hardship, hope, hurt, pain, Pets, Rescue, sadness, sadnessm, shelter, strength, strong, workLeave a comment
Creative Writing, The Weekly Post

Dear Me (but shorter, younger, with more scabs, and a love of cheese)

July 14, 2025 CJ Bowers

A letter to the kid I used to be—and still carry with me.

Tagged cheese, child, children, dinosaaur, future, I, lego, letter, life, love, me, mental health, myself, past, to me, writing, young, youngerLeave a comment
The Weekly Post

Whispering Sky

July 6, 2025 CJ Bowers

Sometimes the rain doesn’t just fall — it speaks softly, wrapping the world in a calm so deep, even the busiest thoughts pause to listen.

Tagged bored, calm, cool, Creative Writing, drip, hush, listen, peace, rain, raindrop, shadow, weather, whisperLeave a comment
Reflections, The Weekly Post

Not Perfect, But Ours

July 1, 2025July 1, 2025 CJ Bowers

Canada isn’t perfect. Neither are we. But today, we celebrate who we are—and who we’re still becoming. That’s what makes this place home.

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The Weekly Post

The Art of Doing Nothing (Badly)

June 30, 2025 CJ Bowers

For anyone who’s ever tried to relax and accidentally started a home project instead.

Tagged busy, lazy, life, mental health, nothing, projects, relax, relaxing, resltess, rest, resting, stress, stressed, writingLeave a comment
Creative Writing, Fiction, The Weekly Post

The Last Good Hill

June 22, 2025 CJ Bowers

Something is coming—something no roar can stop.

Tagged acceptance, ancient, cretaceous, death, Dinosaur, end, fantasy, Fiction, hill, poetry, quiet, short-story, story, sunrise, sunset, T-Rex, tyrannosaurus rex, writingLeave a comment

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