Tags
- art
- Autumn
- beach
- beauty
- birdlife
- blogging
- books
- breath
- breathe
- change
- christmas
- city
- climate change
- colour
- Covid-19
- dream
- dreams
- enchantment
- family
- food
- forest
- forest fires
- friendship
- Harry Potter
- healing
- heart
- hope
- hot chocolate
- humanity
- journey
- joy
- life
- light
- loss
- love
- magic
- meditation
- memories
- mexico
- moon
- music
- nature
- New Year
- ocean
- Ontario
- peace
- picnics
- poetry
- rain
- raven
- road trip
- seasons
- snow
- Spring
- stanley park
- storm
- storms
- Summer
- tea
- Tigh-Na-Mara
- time
- travel
- trees
- Vancouver
- Vancouver Island
- walking
- wanders
- wild
- wind
- winter
- wonder
- words
- world
- writing
- yoga
Tag Archives: world
Shard
A piece of the world fell today in the form of an ink-black crow, falling swiftly upon a city grate its voice silenced forever. Other pieces fall in the form of fire supplanting summer’s eternal beauty, fall in the form of … Continue reading
Magic Realism
“ Summer is for surrendering; winter is for wondering.” – Debasish Mridha Early summer has brought changing skies, muggy air and the rumble of thunder. Looking in four directions yields a bank of dark clouds, stunning blue sky, a butter-like … Continue reading
Posted in blog, journaling, life, memoir, travel
Tagged bees, cancer free, climate change, colour, heatwave, journey, magic realism, nature, ocean, picnic, Stash tea, Summer, thoughts, wonder, world
36 Comments
Dissonance
Strung like fast-falling tears among long, lush lashes, are words that we conjure without asking, spinning tales that have no meaning, our moon-cast languages creating inscrutable worlds. Piercing through the static is not for the faint of heart, only those brave … Continue reading
Illuminate
Winter sun sets low these days painting the steel blue water in flames of gold. I see a young woman on my walk sitting at an old wooden desk on the damp sand, writing in a big book as if … Continue reading
Posted in poetry
Tagged beauty, December, enlightenment, flame, language, light, magic, mindfulness, nature, sea, sunset, understanding, walking, wonder, world
26 Comments
Foraging
We keep telling ourselves it isn’t going to happen, that our world will not be destroyed by a madman or two hurling threats and insults before picking up their toys. The image of what might be cuts too deep, leaving … Continue reading
Posted in poetry
Tagged beauty, faith, healing, hope, life, madmen, media, prayer, redemption, resurrection, seed thoughts, truth, weapons, words, world
33 Comments
Maelstrom
There’s a collective storm brewing the likes of which we’ve never seen. Words that whispered through our minds are on news feeds for all the world to hear. The cacophony cuts like a knife, interrupting peaceful dreams and guiltless sleep, … Continue reading
Posted in poetry
Tagged eternal, eye of the storm, forest, hope, light, nature, news feeds, noise, peace, refuge, storm, sunset, Tower of Babel, world, worry
27 Comments