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.

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

Longing

Posted on October 6, 2019

“ Every leaf speaks bliss to me. Fluttering from the autumn tree.” – Emily Bronte, “Fall , Leaves, Fall” During the last days of summer, I decided a wander through the tiny garden patchwork of our neighbourhood and the still … Continue reading →

Posted in blog, journaling, life, memoir, photography, travel | Tagged Autumn, bliss, breathe, joy, light, longing, magic, mounted horses, Narnia, stanley park, tea, transition, trees, Urban Forest Cafe, writing | 37 Comments

Unravelling

Posted on September 5, 2019

“ We know that in September, we will wander through the warm winds of summer’s wreckage. We will welcome summer’s ghost.” – Henry Rollins It was on the news again, a reminder that these high summer nights were the best … Continue reading →

Posted in blog, journaling, life, memoir, photography, travel | Tagged awe, balance, dark sky, ghosts, healing, high summer, hope, miracle, mystical, nature, Perseids meteor shower, September, sparkle, unravelling, wreckage | 27 Comments

Amor Fati (Love Your Fate)

Posted on August 11, 2019

“Fate is inexorable, fate is immovable” – popularized by Bernard Cornwell Some mornings I wake up dreaming of abalone shells, their ocean blue outer skin revealing eternity within, there once was so many, my younger self could pick one up … Continue reading →

Posted in blog, journaling, life, memoir, photography, travel | Tagged Amor Fati, caring, coffee bar, fate, future, Harry Potter, humanity, love, memory, past, present, roof top garden, Summer, urban, Vancouver Public Library, writing | 27 Comments

The Hunt

Posted on July 25, 2019

“ No matter what you write, you actually can’t help retelling a fairy tale somewhere along the way.” – Catheryanne M. Valente There is still a scent of jasmine and mint in the air and I’ve just slipped into my … Continue reading →

Posted in blog, journaling, life, memoir, photography, travel | Tagged beauty, bucolic, cafes, fairy tale, family, forest, journey, July musings, love, nature, outside, searching, Summer, the hunt, writing | 28 Comments

Do What Moves You

Posted on July 12, 2019

Love Yourself. Then Forget It. Then Love The World. – Mary Oliver, Devotions The Canada Geese are doing it – I laughed out loud as the adults and growing goslings walked single file across the wide expanse of beach towards … Continue reading →

Posted in blog, journaling, life, memoir, photography, travel | Tagged Alberto Giacometti - A Line Through Time, beauty, Bill Reid Gallery of Northwest Coast Art, do what moves you, events, exhibitions, festivals, Language Matters, love, showing up, Summer, theatre of the sky, time, Vancouver Art Gallery, water, Womxn and Waterways | 36 Comments

Fierce Grace

Posted on June 20, 2019

“Dwell On The Beauty Of Life” – Marcus Aurelius Living here in our changing city requires a fierce grace, once quiet areas are frequently overwhelmed with the noise of destruction and within moments it seems, the sound of construction. There … Continue reading →

Posted in blog, journaling, life, memoir, photography, travel | Tagged acceptance, beauty, butterfly-effect, change, culture, destruction, diversity, grace, growth, Lonsdale Quay, serenity, stanley park, tourism, Vancouver, world city | 47 Comments