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We Can Do Better

Posted on April 15, 2019 by anotetohuguette

“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 →

Posted in blog, journaling, life, memoir, photography, travel | Tagged art, books, fragrance, ink, joy, love, Monet to Matisse, music, musings, nature, outside, rugby, Spring, wandering, writing | 34 Comments

We Are Moments

Posted on March 18, 2019 by anotetohuguette

“It was one of those March days when the sun shines hot and the wind blows cold: when it is summer in the light and winter in the shade.” – Charles Dickens Two snow days have resulted in long walks … Continue reading →

Posted in blog, journaling, life, memoir, photography, travel | Tagged between, blue sunrise, creativity, forest, Harry Potter, joy, love, magic, mindfulness, moments, Narnia, snow, Spring, wander, winter | 47 Comments

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