Category Archives: memoir

Rise

Posted on September 7, 2017 by anotetohuguette

“ The best way to make your dreams come true is to wake up.” – Zen Saying A false fall is beginning to make itself known as I walk beneath a shower of gently falling rain-starved leaves, catching sight of … Continue reading →

Posted in blog, journaling, life, memoir, travel | Tagged ancient, chants, dreams, exploring, forest, healing, incense, joy, Kirtan, music, peace, picnics, rise, Sanskrit, Summer, yoga | 40 Comments

Discarded Wings

Posted on August 18, 2017 by anotetohuguette

“ She made broken look beautiful and strong look invincible. She walked with the Universe on her shoulders and made it look like a pair of wings.” – Ariana Dancu Against faded brick, the cardboard wings lay abandoned, no longer … Continue reading →

Posted in blog, journaling, life, memoir, travel | Tagged abandon, angels, authentic, beauty, British Columbia, climate change, forest fires, heatwave, hope, nature, sanctuary, Summer, tourism, wings, woodsmoke, yoga | 19 Comments

Soar

Posted on August 4, 2017 by anotetohuguette

“ Once you have tasted flight, you will forever walk the earth with your eyes turned skyward, for there you have been, and there you will always long to return.” – Leonardo da Vinci The beginning of this post starts … Continue reading →

Posted in blog, journaling, life, memoir, travel | Tagged birthday, breathe, celebration, family, flowers, flying, food, forest fires. British Columbia, rain, stay safe, Summer, vacation, Vancouver to Toronto, wine, writing | 16 Comments

Taste the Sun

Posted on July 14, 2017 by anotetohuguette

“ The sun, the earth, love, friends, our very breath are parts of the banquet.” – Rebecca Harding Davis There are delicate dragonflies dancing among the summery air currents on my afternoon walk to taste the sun. After a sheltered stroll … Continue reading →

Posted in blog, journaling, life, memoir, travel | Tagged bench, bloggers, British Columbia, children, chocolate, forest fires, generosity, humanity, love, music, poetry, roasted nuts, sharing, Summer, surprise, taste the sun, two women | 34 Comments

Summer in the City

Posted on July 1, 2017 by anotetohuguette

“ Green was the silence, wet was the light, the month of June trembled like a butterfly.” – Pablo Neruda, 100 Love Sonnets It feels like Mexico during this mini heatwave that has descended upon the city, after chasing the sun … Continue reading →

Posted in blog, journaling, life, memoir, travel | Tagged beach, cedar carvings, culture, energy, exploring, festivals, heatwave, horses, indigenous art, mexico, Museum of Anthropology, shade, Summer, Vancouver, Vancouver Mounted Police | 18 Comments

The Beautiful Work

Posted on June 23, 2017 by anotetohuguette

“ In early June the world of leaf and blade and flowers explodes, and every sunset is different.” – John Steinbeck, The Winter of Our Discontent On this last day of spring, the promise of summer is found on the sun … Continue reading →

Posted in blog, journaling, life, memoir, travel | Tagged beautiful work, books, breathe, hot chocolate, ice tea, leafy trees, letters, nourish bowls, picnics, sea, simply be, stanley park, Summer, writing, yoga | 25 Comments

Unsettled

Posted on June 9, 2017 by anotetohuguette

“ The outside is the only place we can truly be inside the world.” – Daniel J. Rice The shrill call of a woodpecker to her babies in the cavity prone dead tree breaks the slumbering silence of a late spring … Continue reading →

Posted in blog, journaling, life, memoir, travel | Tagged birdlife, dreaming, forest, garden, healing, joy, peace. balance, picnics, Railway Cafe, solitude, Spring, stanley park, Summer, walking, wildlife, writing | 26 Comments