More apocalypse, less angst
I’ve been having a lot of mask-related dreams in the last few weeks where I am in a public space and either I am not wearing a mask and everyone else is, or I am wearing a mask and everyone else is not. At… Continue Reading “Post #3228: Letting things go”
I have spent this Good Friday in the car, on a ferry, travelling to Parksville and back for a thyroid ultrasound. This is a hangover of a cancer scare from many years ago. There was and is no cancer but we like to check… Continue Reading “Post #3227: Good Friday”
One of my neighbours has poems and artwork painted on her fence panels. The image/poem above seemed particularly appropriate to me this week – the growth and ebb of life’s events – always coming forward, always receding and so on. This week has been… Continue Reading “Post #3226: (Literally) Limping Through the Week”
I don’t really know what to say about this week except it’s been the saddest one of the whole last year. Between the loss of David Botten (a favourite island musician) to cancer, and the horrific accident which claimed the lives of Chris Straw… Continue Reading “Post # 3225: This saddest of weeks”
Spring continues to unfold around here. Daffodils, crocus, and the arrival of our bare-root fruit trees! Last summer, Brian and I cleared a fairly large spot on one side of our property. It started when I recognized that the ocean spray (a beautiful native… Continue Reading “Post #3224: Planting season”