Red Cedar
More apocalypse, less angst
transforming
oh – this seems horribly anti-social – but these days i am most content when i am alone. this is not to say i don’t enjoy being around other people – but i feel a lot more balanced and in myself when i am just doing for me what needs to be done. i have lately been quite happy just to be reading, listening to the radio, cutting wood, doing yardwork, working on my car, doing schoolwork… without too much interaction.
i never used to need this solitary time like i seem to at the moment – and i suspect this is likely a phase related to moving and taking stock of where my life is going. i have found myself lately asking a lot more questions of myself about what i am doing and where meaning may be sought outside of chaotic situations (the creation of chaos bringing the illusion of movement – but no enduring fulfillment?).
photos from the caren
took some photos today in the caren range high above sechelt inlet. as i noted in a previous post, the caren cedar stands are believed to be the oldest forest on the west coast with a few ancient cedars that were saved from being cut a few years back. i took a ton of photos with my not-so-good digital camera. (one of these days i’ve really got to invest in something better). thought i would share a few in any case….
high above the inlet – even high above the clouds – you can see there is lots of snow on the ground up here
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from snow hiking to kayaking in 24 hours
down here at my house on the coast today it rained and rained. about 10 km above my house in the tetrahedron range it snowed and snowed. nathan and i were lucky enough to be up there in a half a foot of fresh, untracked snow – as no one had come before us since the snow had started. we hiked about 5 km up and back down the old logging road (now cross-country ski trails) to tannis lake.
i am hoping to get the opportunity to go back up there on skis later this season (or at the very least – snowshoes) – the only dilemma being my lack of a vehicle to tackle snowy, steep logging roads. i guess i will have to get more friends with 4 wd to come and visit.
i live in the country
this morning while eating breakfast, a momma bear and two cubs traipsed through my yard. i tried to take a picture from the window which didn’t turn out too well (glare from the flash of course) – but i didn’t want to go outside to snap shots because at this time of year i’m not too keen on getting close to a mother an her young uns. i share it here as absolute, definitive proof that i no longer live in the city.
(if you look in the bottom left hand corner you can see the face of one of the cubs).
imposing a direction
my i ching earlier this week instructed me to “impose a direction on things” in order to please the spirits – and at first i was not sure what exactly that meant in relation to my current direction – until i realized that at least educationally i have been drifting somewhat in the last two or three weeks. online university is like that – potentially you can get a lot done in a short period of time because they are self-directed – but equally, it is easy to end up with long fallow spells in which little gets done.
Red Cedar 