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Rathtrevor
We had a wonderful three-day mini-break up-Island in May, all Covid protocols followed: masks, social distancing etc., with sun, wind, kites … RATHTREVOR the beach stretches to distant horizon a faint line of waves breaks on far sand a couple … Continue reading
beach scene
It’s beach time, summer and the lazy days of sun and watching waves splash on sand. Time to swim or read or do absolutely nothing and all of it outside, as long as it doesn’t rain … BEACH SCENE (chain … Continue reading
Beach Scene
We were at Ucluelet on the West Coast of Vancouver Island a couple of years ago and the magic of the place stays with me … BEACH SCENE white light streams through firs waves crash through constant wind mist swallows … Continue reading
2 Triolets
I’ve been somewhat obsessively writing triolets for the last month or so, and here are two of them, the first relates a friend’s sailing adventure with a dog, the second is all about summer! Triolets have a very specific rhyme … Continue reading
Blessed
Everything that was ever made, from stars, planets, oceans, insects, and humans, are blessed by the birth at Christmas, the time when we pause to consider light and darkness, the turn of the earth, and the wonder of how things … Continue reading
On the Beach
This month was renamed in 8 BC in honour of Augustus Ceasar as it was the month of several of his greatest triumphs. There are other interesting oddities about this month: first week, from 1st to 7th, is International Clown … Continue reading
From the Beach
We go for picnics on the beach quite regularly in the summer, love the slap of waves, the lift and dive of gulls, the distant quiet of boats sailing in the bay … FROM THE BEACH this is ocean, these … Continue reading
Planning Ahead
Most years we go down to a nearby beach in the fall and collect seaweed, which is a great garden fertilizer, and free for the picking. Best to go after a storm, when the beaches really get loaded up … … Continue reading
Without War
Next Tuesday is Remembrance Day. We remember those who died in war, those left behind, those scarred by war. And we long for a time when there is no more fighting … A A WITHOUT WAR I long for a … Continue reading
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Ocean
We were in Victoria recently when a storm blew in. So down to the shore we went to watch waves, and feel the wind, which really stung! Had to really lean into it to stay upright, it was so strong, … Continue reading
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