Tag Archives: joy

Winter’s Shadow

Posted on December 7, 2018 by anotetohuguette

“Expectancy is the atmosphere for miracles.” – Edwin Louis Cole Most of the leaves have fallen like stars now, their caramel and maple scents replaced with an alchemy of wood smoke and Arctic air. In the last day or so, … Continue reading →

Posted in blog, journaling, life, memoir, photography, travel | Tagged alchemy, Bright Nights, change, christmas, expectancy, family, festivals, joy, King tides, loss, magic, rituals, stanley park, stormwatching, Vancouver, winter | 38 Comments

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 | 45 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

Phoenix Rising

Posted on January 12, 2017 by anotetohuguette

“ There is an eternal landscape, a geography of the soul; we search for its outlines all our lives.” – Josephine Hart There is still ice on the rooftops and it’s bone chilling cold outside, a new year has dawned from … Continue reading →

Posted in blog, journaling, life, memoir, travel | Tagged 2017, blogging, cedars, forest, goals, journal, joy, life, mexico, New Year, phoenix, resolutions, stanley park, travel, Vancouver, winter | 11 Comments

The Joy Within

Posted on December 22, 2016 by anotetohuguette

“ And now we welcome the new year. Full of things that have never been.” – Rainer Maria Rilke The setting sun lately, paints the freshly fallen snow on the mountains with a delicate blush, the peaks in sharp relief, … Continue reading →

Posted in blog, journaling, life, memoir | Tagged children, christmas, English Bay, gifts, holiday lights, joy, New Year, sacred space, seasons, slow, sunsets, Vancouver, winter | 20 Comments

Singular Joys

Posted on May 5, 2016 by anotetohuguette

“ The lights became stars, which became streaks in the grayspace and then networks of fading shimmers.” – Ashim Shanker Recently this week, after another spring day turned into summer, with the windows left open long after sunset, I experienced something … Continue reading →

Posted in blog, journaling, life, memoir, travel | Tagged a note to huguette, journal writing, joy, letter box hunting, life, lightening, mexico, nature, picnics, primal, seasons, songwriting, storm, travel, Vancouver | 18 Comments

No Recipe

Posted on September 17, 2015 by anotetohuguette

There is no recipe when walking down a dusty road along the Rio Cuale, looking up and seeing both an orange plastic pumpkin and a jolly red Santa figure side by side on a rooftop. They were a colourful reminder … Continue reading →

Posted in blog, journaling, life, memoir, travel | Tagged apartments, blogging, candles, change, holiday, journal excerpt, joy, life, memories, mexico, neighbour, no recipe, peace, simplicity, travel | 8 Comments