Karine Ste-Marie

You don't need me to tell you that 2020 has been a difficult year, most of you have felt that already, in various forms. For some, it's been the worst year of their lives, and for a few, it's been…

Rawdon, Quebec, May 29, 2020

After 75 days of lockdown/quarantine, I’ve come to realize something. I am like a bird (cue Nelly Furtado song), I’ll only fly away... After feeling like I had let myself be caged for years, I…

Rawdon, Québec, April 24th 2020

If one thing is certain, it’s that these past few weeks living confined in our homes will have changed us forever. I will be changed forever. I’ve never seen so many divisions caused…

Rawdon, Québec

March 16th, 2020

I've always been a good person. As a child, I used to care so much about other children not eating or about war elsewhere in the world that I would often cry myself to sleep…

Cape Town, South Africa, February 13th 2020 

About 10-15 years ago, my mother got lured into healing seminars and stuff that I considered to be a bunch of spiritual-guru non-sense like the end of the world…

October 17th (18th, insomnia writing), Sailing towards Cabo San Lucas 

Let’s say I want to order some food; bam! Done and delivered in under 30 minutes. If I want to see my friend who lives on the other side of…

24 Août 2019, Wrangell, Alaska  

Le poumon de notre terre, qui produit 20% de notre oxygène, suffoque présentement sous la fumée et les flammes.  Je pense aux animaux, aux plantes, aux arbres, même aux insectes. Qu’ont-ils fait pour…

August 2019, Somewhere in Alaska...

I’ve come to realize that if I learn something and don’t apply it, the lesson tends to repeat itself until it is fully understood. 

You see, years ago, I gave good advice to everyone. Any…

Rawdon, Easter April 2019

I've felt like an outsider as long as I can remember. I've felt like I didn't belong within my own family, at school, with many of the friends I've made along the way, in relationships, in…

Rawdon, Québec

A photo popped up onto my Facebook page today. The first photo I was ever tagged in, exactly 12 years ago.

It was a picture taken on the set of "Popstars 3: The One", a reality TV show…

Nashville, TN

It took me a long time to get over him. It took me longer than the length of the relationship itself. He was the man I thought I would marry. I wanted for us to build a family…

Buenos Aires, January 2016.

I knew my life was about to change forever. You know how you can feel it inside yourself when you're on the verge of something important? This was my moment. I was happy for the first…