Tag Archives: beach

Moved By Beauty

Posted on April 14, 2023 by anotetohuguette

“Though we travel the world over to find the beautiful, we must carry it with us or we find it not.” – Ralph Waldo Emerson Our early spring days still feel very winter-like, it’s cold in the mornings and throughout … Continue reading →

Posted in blog, journaling, life, memoir, photography, travel | Tagged beach, beauty, food, forest, heavenly, ocean, picnics, raven, reset, retreat, spring break, surprises, Tigh-Na-Mara, Vancouver Island, wanders | 28 Comments

Off The Wall

Posted on February 2, 2023 by anotetohuguette

“I wandered everywhere, through cities and countries wide. And everywhere I went, the world was on my side.” – Roman Payne, Rooftop Soliloquy A comment this past fall regarding a funny moment I relayed to Mark of midlifemaniacalme.wordpress.com about our … Continue reading →

Posted in blog, journaling, life, memoir, photography, travel | Tagged adventure, beach, beauty, coffee bar, Hawaii, home, island, life, love, memories, ocean, off the wall, Puerto Vallarta, snorkeling, Tiger shark | 28 Comments

Outside We Live

Posted on August 21, 2020 by anotetohuguette

“What humanity needs, nature answers in whispers.” – Numi Tea CITY There’s a Summer Art Program being presented downtown twice a week – two beautiful parklets are now home to artists and students displaying works in progress to potential customers … Continue reading →

Posted in blog, journaling, life, memoir, photography | Tagged art, beach, beauty, city, coyote, festival, forest, gastronomy, joy, nature, outside, reverie, Summer, sun halo, wilding | 47 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

Seven Directions

Posted on June 15, 2017 by anotetohuguette

I find myself in quiet corners capturing wayward lines on discarded napkins or random library slips, realizing there is magic to corral and wrestle upon the blank space – the image of a modern day Pan playing his flute upon the … Continue reading →

Posted in poetry | Tagged ash, beach, black hearts, direction, enchantment, flute, lies, light, magic, Pan, poetry, revelation, seeking, spells, truth, writing | 13 Comments

Deep Water

Posted on March 14, 2017 by anotetohuguette

I find myself in deeper water lately no longer on the shore, bare toes finding purchase upon cool sand, instead I’m treading luminous blue hoping with each breath that I don’t drown. Drown among the slippery tendrils of seaweed in colours of … Continue reading →

Posted in poetry | Tagged beach, breath, cradle, deep water, eyes, family, jellyfish, life, light, mother, sand, seaweed, student, surfacing, yoga | 38 Comments

Threshold

Posted on February 2, 2017 by anotetohuguette

“ What’s comin’ will come, an’ we’ll meet it when it does.” – Hagrid, from Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire Mid-winter is revealing more of its beauty these days, the clear blue sky often awash in layered brushstrokes … Continue reading →

Posted in blog, journaling, life, memoir | Tagged beach, blogging, change, cloud, fear, forest, magic, middle path, mountains, sky, threshold, trees, Vancouver, winter, writing | 22 Comments

Twilight Revels

Posted on April 14, 2016 by anotetohuguette

“ The Realm of Fairy is a strange shadowland lying just beyond the fields we know.” – Author Unknown The wind is whistling and howling up against the glass of the balcony windows, a reminder from Winter, even though my eyes … Continue reading →

Posted in blog, journaling, life, memoir, travel | Tagged beach, blogging, drumming, fairies, friendship, life, mexico, music, notes, revel, storms, sunsets, travel, twilight, wine | 12 Comments

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