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.
“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
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Tagged Amor Fati, caring, coffee bar, fate, future, Harry Potter, humanity, love, memory, past, present, roof top garden, Summer, urban, Vancouver Public Library, writing
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“ 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 →
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Tagged beauty, bucolic, cafes, fairy tale, family, forest, journey, July musings, love, nature, outside, searching, Summer, the hunt, writing
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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 →
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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
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“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 →
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Tagged acceptance, beauty, butterfly-effect, change, culture, destruction, diversity, grace, growth, Lonsdale Quay, serenity, stanley park, tourism, Vancouver, world city
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“Why do you go away? So that you can come back. So that you can see the place you came from with new eyes and extra colors.” -Terry Pratchett, A Hat Full of Sky On a downtown walk with the … Continue reading →
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Tagged awakening, cadence, forest, journeys, joy, Lost Lagoon, ocean, sacred, Sakura, scent, Spring, territory, time, walking, writing
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“Music comes from an icicle as it melts, to live again as spring water.” – Henry Williamson If the pale pink blossoms of the tulip trees and the dark purple crocuses weren’t already announcing the arrival of spring, then the … Continue reading →
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Tagged art, books, fragrance, ink, joy, love, Monet to Matisse, music, musings, nature, outside, rugby, Spring, wandering, writing
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No matter where I am, whether on a cold winter walk home, or a sultry stroll in a warmer country than mine, the scent of wood smoke rising up from condo chimneys or from tiny eating places tucked into jungle, stir … Continue reading →
Posted in poetry
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Tagged borders, grandfather, heart, life, memories, ocean, other, primal, stars, time, travel, tropics, Universe, winter, wood smoke
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