New Start Every Day

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Put On Your Boots

If you are a person who does not remember your dreams, count yourself lucky. This is a particular curse that ensures not enough sleep because

#comfort

Warmth

I wish I were an artist with something other than words – something visual that people could see and touch and step into. I would

#comfort

Beyond the Five Senses

I got up at 5:45 this morning – quite standard when I am waiting for an early morning robo call to substitute teach. Lately, I’ve

loving what is

Mountaineering

As I am meditated this morning, I was given the vision of range upon range of mountains, beyond one, more appearing. And l realized that

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Dreaming

The alarm went off yesterday just as I was in the midst of a delightful dream: Don and Charlotte and I were in a bakery

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Love Lessons

I am on my reclining chair by the fire, drinking my morning coffee, meditating, reading, and waiting for my possible morning substitute teaching call. Since

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Christmas Day

Well, it’s Christmas Day, 2024, more than a year after Emily has left the earth, yet as I sit by my living room fireplace, with

serendipity

The Red Whistle

It’s bear season on Vancouver Island. The salmon have nearly finished their run for the year but hibernation has not yet begun. Black bear are

#substituteteaching

Rejoining the Ranks

I have so much to say after only my first day back teaching. What a rich and vibrant life is to be found in days

#relaxandrelease

Swimming

    For three days in a row I’ve been to the pool, which qualifies me as an expert. All my paperwork is in place

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Cruising II

Ketchikan came and went, and we are on our final day at sea. We are presently riding alongside the tip of Vancouver Island, my new

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Cruising

On my deck, we skirt the Alaskan coastline, soon at Ketchikan, the whales and bears and Wi-Fi skilfully hiding themselves from my eagle eyes. They

#clairsentience

In the Zone With Emily

The other day I heard Emily’s voice on a recording and it broke me. While I can now look at pictures of her without breaking

#healing

Sacred Signs and Ceremony

I’m drifting the same as the driftwood on my Salish Sea. This last weekend, we had a small send off for our Emily. Charlotte made

#transformation

She’s With Me

  It’s 11:53 pm and I am sitting in the car on the deck of a BC Ferry, coming back from Vancouver to The Island.