Category Archives: memoir

Deep Time

Posted on March 21, 2020 by anotetohuguette

“ 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 | 30 Comments

London Calling (Nov/Dec)

Posted on January 24, 2020 by anotetohuguette

“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 by anotetohuguette

“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 by anotetohuguette

“ 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 | 41 Comments

Unravelling

Posted on September 5, 2019 by anotetohuguette

“ 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 by anotetohuguette

“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 by anotetohuguette

“ 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