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Tag Archives: memories
Wandering
“Listen! The wind is rising, and the air is wild with leaves, we have had our summer evenings, now for October eves.” – Humbert Wolfe It’s the first day of autumn and after an early morning rain and atmospheric mist, … Continue reading
Posted in blog, journaling, life, memoir, photography
Tagged atmospheric, Autumn, beauty, enchanting, gifts, grove, leaves, love, memories, nature, reading, sanctuary, storms, wandering, wild
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Time Travel
“Many a trip continues long after movement in time and space have ceased.” – John Steinbeck After reading a fellow blogger’s wonderful post (a bunch of old bus tickets) about saving her bus tickets meant for recycling in order to … Continue reading
Posted in blog, journaling, life, memoir, photography, travel
Tagged bus tickets, Covid-19, ephemera, fragrance, inspiration, journal, journeys, memories, nostalgia, offerings, port-key, souvenirs, tea, time travel, wandering
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Sensory Perception
No matter where I am, whether on a cold winter walk home, or a sultry stroll in a warmer country than mine, the scent of wood smoke rising up from condo chimneys or from tiny eating places tucked into jungle, stir … Continue reading
#Route97 (Part 1)
“ Though we travel the world over to find the beautiful, we must carry it with us or we find it not.” – Ralph Waldo Emerson I’ve never heard the ocean singing until today (down by Second Beach), as the … Continue reading
Posted in blog, journaling, life, memoir, travel
Tagged #exploreBC, #exploreKelowna, #Route97, adventure, bucket-list, Coquihalla highway, family, forest, memories, moose, mountains, mythological, road trip, romance, snow, Spring, wildlife
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Real Time
“ Here we are, trapped in the amber of the moment. There is no why.” – Kurt Vonnegut Warmer air amid the lingering light herald this early rush of spring, showing up in lush masses of white snowdrops, the royal … Continue reading
Tempus Fugit
“ Ocean is more ancient than the mountains, and freighted with the memories and the dreams of Time.” – H. P. Lovecraft A small note to wish you all a very Happy New Year – time flies; enjoy every light-filled … Continue reading
Posted in blog
Tagged city, dreams, English Bay, holiday lights, illuminated whale sculpture, Luna, magic, memories, New Year, ocean, sunset, time, twilight, Vancouver, winter
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Find Your Solace
“… i spill into the kind of silence only Khalil Gibran would understand.” – Sanobar Khan, Turquoise Silence The leaves on the trees are murmuring among themselves underneath the bright sunlight – we’ve just come back from a tree-lined trail … Continue reading
Posted in journaling, life, memoir, travel
Tagged Autumn, family, fire, food, labradoodle, love, memories, nature, Ontario, outdoor adventures, road trip, solace, stargazing, travel
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Food Poetry
It was a long while before I took a chance to taste the dirt umbrellas of my youth as they sat there on the plate in their dung coloured glory, swimming in the pale liquid of their demise. It was … Continue reading
Posted in poetry
Tagged family, food poetry, memories, mushrooms, Ontario, pop tarts, school, taste, Vancouver, West End Food Festival, workshop
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Horizons
“ There’s nowhere you can be that isn’t where you’re meant to be.” – John Lennon I’m sitting at Terry’s desk today, it’s cooler in his corner and the window here affords a somewhat different view. I can still see … Continue reading
Posted in journaling, life, travel
Tagged anniversary, hope, inspiration, life, memories, mexico, travel, Vancouver, writing
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