Tag: nature

  • Spring change

  • High water

    Today started far too early. I woke before the dawn, unable to still my racing thoughts. Monday’s are a struggle, especially with too little sleep. But even though my list of things to do is short, it’s left me somehow bereft, at sea with myself. I hold onto the board and wonder how I got…

  • July 1st 2019

    July 1st 2019

    Another summer is finally here And with it the smell of campfire My children shriek As they run around Gangs of kids on bikes In twos, and threes, and fours They play until the sun falls behind the water if we would only allow it And grumble at bedtime Even though it’s hours after their…

  • Carry on

    Carry on

    As heaviness mounts, The days lengthen Perpetual motion Takes all my strength and my heels keep Slogging through the mire Of the everyday, My muscles are on fire Far Horizons call my name Why can’t I run away, Off into the blue, Just for one day? Explore the wilderness Without the internet Get back to…

  • Breathe

    I’m so tired today.  It feels like the air has been squeezed out of my chest, leaving behind a sensation of breathlessness as I start my morning exercise The country road I walk down is peaceful, coated with new gravel, flecked with the shimmer of granite. I remember how precious they seemed to me as…

  • The Great Vacation- Part 1

    So the annual week vacation is off to a flying start!We left the house at 10:30, not bad, considering our goal was 9.  We had decided to split the trip into two days, with the goal of camping in Pike Lake Provincial park. Todays goal was only a short six hour drive, a break from…