Keeping it real with some of my ponderings first, followed by a wee list of the good-week-stuff right after the not-as-good. Perhaps you’ve noticed my most recent posts, with the exception of the one about the totem, have been shy… Read more
A Story
Tla-o-qui-aht totem
Carved to honour the Tla-o-qui-aht hereditary chiefs, this totem in Tofino was gifted to Tofino by Tla-o-qui-aht master carver Joe David in September 2018. From the top down, each element bears significant representation. A Thunderbird at the top, perches above… Read more
A Little Beauty
It’s natural
Nature has an incredible capacity for regeneration and growth. We see that clearly demonstrated in the season of spring. As Hermann Hesse once wrote, “… life does not await permission to be lived.” This Mallard drake was used to people… Read more
A Little Beauty
love what you have
Ferns are unfurling. Thick spears of hosta appear like bullets shooting from the still-cold, wet earth. Some rhododendrons are in full bloom exalting at another spring, while others have bulging buds ready to burst with their frilly life. Though daffodils… Read more
General
April 18, 2022
To be content doesn’t mean you don’t desire more, it means you’re thankful for what you have and patient for what’s to come. Tony Gaskins
A Story
this and that
I love the sound of the word, Cymbidium. I must be way behind the times. I just learned (saw it on CBC TV) there is competitive synchronized skating. In fact, when I watched our Canadian team perform at the world… Read more
A Little Beauty
These moments
Lately I really have not had an urge to go online. An exception has been a couple times when I needed to turn on the computer so I could seek out some pertinent information on YouTube: how to identify and… Read more
General
Seaside 2022
They walked, and the long waves rolled and murmured rhythmically beside them; the fresh salty wind blew free and unobstructed in their faces, wrapped itself around their ears, and made them feel slightly numb and deliciously dizzy. They walked along… Read more