Author Archives: anotetohuguette

About anotetohuguette

I'm currently blogging from the beautiful West Coast city of Vancouver, British Columbia - a vibrant city by the sea, surrounded by mountains and a very unique urban forest.

Portal

Posted on May 7, 2020

“If the doors of perception were cleansed everything would appear to man as it is, infinite.” – William Blake A good friend and I often email each other but make a habit to call periodically to hear a different voice … Continue reading →

Posted in blog, journaling, life, memoir, photography | Tagged adapt, beauty, change, Covid-19, doors, enchantment, fatigue, harmony, infinite, isolation diarist, new world, portal, solo walker, storm, worry | 56 Comments

Pause

Posted on April 17, 2020

“So the darkness shall be the light, and the stillness the dancing.” – T.S. Eliot On a night of rain and whiskey, the raindrops and burn keep worry away during watershed days after the pandemic announcement that has stilled the world. … Continue reading →

Posted in blog, journaling, life, memoir, photography, travel | Tagged art, Covid-19, dancing, meditating, normalcy, pause, rain, safety, social distancing, Spring, stillness, walking, wanders, whiskey, words | 37 Comments

Broken Clouds

Posted on April 4, 2020

“Not All Storms Come To Disrupt Your Life…Some Come To Clear Your Path – Goalcast New windows have been installed in our apartment rental and on rainy evenings I’ve noticed a different rhythm, a staccato beat as the drops strike … Continue reading →

Posted in blog, journaling, life, memoir, photography, travel | Tagged Covid-19, forest, homesteading, hope, hunkering down, journey, love, nature, ocean, pandemic, pathways, prayer, recipes, retreat, sanctuary | 77 Comments

Deep Time

Posted on March 21, 2020

“ Thou art the journey and the journey’s end.” – Michael Mayne Dean 1986-96, noted in Westminster Abbey, London, England. Our time in London was spent in a beautiful family-owned modern flat in the Docklands area near North Greenwich – … Continue reading →

Posted in blog, journaling, life, memoir, photography, travel | Tagged adventure, chocolate, countryside, England, family, history, holiday, journey, London, longing, magic, pubs, river, Thames, winter | 37 Comments

Shard

Posted on February 20, 2020

A piece of the world fell today in the form of an ink-black crow, falling swiftly upon a city grate its voice silenced forever. Other pieces fall in the form of fire supplanting summer’s eternal beauty, fall in the form of … Continue reading →

Posted in blog, photography, poetry, travel | Tagged beauty, change, city, crow, humanity, London, loss, nature, pieces, Shard, silence, time, urgency, winter, world | 47 Comments

London Calling (Nov/Dec)

Posted on January 24, 2020

“A pub can be a magical place” – Rhys Ifan (a lovely quote found on a signboard at the George Pub in London, UK) The scent of sweet maple and evergreen commingle on dry November days not seen in decades … Continue reading →

Posted in blog, journaling, life, memoir, photography, travel | Tagged beauty, castles, country, family, forest, lakes, light, London, magic, Ontario, snow, travel, wine, winter, woodland | 44 Comments

Crows & Leaves

Posted on November 7, 2019

“On a bare branch a crow is perched – autumn evening.” – Basho It’s the first day that feels like fall – we woke to a tropical-like rainfall that fell in cool, misty sheets rendering the dark green forest in … Continue reading →

Posted in blog, journaling, life, memoir, photography, travel | Tagged Autumn, crows, enchantment, forest, gifts, harvest, leaves, light, loss, magic, rememberance, seasons, storms, trees, wind | 32 Comments