I have a friend … stately and strong, towering over , soaring to dizzying heights. He is a beautiful blue spruce, whom I greatly admire. He is extremely tall, possibly 40 feet in height and rather thin. When the wind…
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there is a beautiful calm that comes with a holiday, day Good Friday as it is coffee and a quiet read with my Love listening to Julie Nesrallah’s soothing choices of classical music on CBC radio 2 sons home, my…
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On my way to letting the dogs out this morning, I smash my toes against my husband’s weights in the kitchen, my hand hits the counter hard, objects fly as I try to prevent myself from smashing head first into…
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I startle myself awake from a bad dream heart pounding, restless full of fear as a result, when I do arise I am not feeling rested instead I am tense anxious frayed my jaw is tight my thoughts race and…
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how to know Love when you meet it i knew him before, sure but one time, in jest he kissed my hand and though the moment passed quite innocently somehow, that kiss lingered on my skin i had been kissed…
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Even before I wake there it is the all too familiar pain it hurts to lift the blanket it hurts to lift my coffee cup even now it aches as I press the scroll on my keyboard yet still I…
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I am currently reading M Train by Patti Smith. The extraordinary Patti Smith, I might add. I am consumed, and completely awed by the seemingly ordinary majesty of this fiercely intelligent woman. While I read, and wander (as I…
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he leaves before I am fully awake it’s too early and I am warm and snugly until he is gone then suddenly I am aware that part of my comfort is missing the coffee is waiting when I come down…
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A very dear friend of mine asked me if I could offer some words of comfort that she could share with a family member who had lost her Mother. Although I was greatly honoured by this, I was a little…
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