A muse at day’s ending toward a new year
I would be considered ‘retired’ by most people, but not in my mind. I finished two Master’s degrees during our Covid lockdowns and I am chomping at the bit ready to put all that I learned out into the “world”. And I was doing just that, then came a blip.
But we can’t let something like a blip detour our whole plan…or life. So I retreated for a while and now I’m ready, all the way into 2025 to begin again, again.
Photo credit: Jeff Suchak of http://mythiclandscape.com
This is what I am pondering as another Spring season creeps closer and closer.
So, I am making art and making plans too. Plans to bring this idea into focus, a focus so sharp that it materializes itself as an offering into the world that I believe so deeply needs the healing it brings.
As I spend time in the Southern Ontario Wren’s Nest Studio here in Leamington once again, I just need to be open to listen and move to this music that is drawing me. In good time, all will come.
And though what needs birthing feels a little distant, like individual trees in a forest, I do see it shimmering, beckoning, smiling … and I know that if I focus on that which I am being called to do and be, all will be well.
And so it is…
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WordsFest 2017
This is WordsFest weekend. Very busy but I did manage to write a short piece to celebrate my experience. Experience of WordsFest 2017 Kwe kwe this land, this land on which we stand honoured for decades of centuries historified with just two short paragraphs in a back wall, hidden, not truly celebrated. I hang my… Read more
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…soft autumn hum …
It isn’t truly Fall yet and I want to hang on to summer. I already miss the breakfasts of a quarter cantaloupe filled to the brim with blueberries—both local and sweeter than I remember. I have a lot of years to remember. Reflective writing and mindfulness help me to do the tasks of today. But… Read more
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Be still and remember
Source: Be still and remember Ahhh me too, dear one, me too. Read more
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As the days grow shorter…
Yes, Solstice has passed and we now look forward to the arrival of the Raspberry Moon on Sunday, July 9th. The heat of summer. The “lazy, hazy, crazy days”. But it would seem that the weather hasn’t gotten the message. Well, except for perhaps the hazy part. Today is an overcast, grey, cool, cool day.… Read more
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Hygge (really)
My New Year’s post started out talking about hygge – a Danish term for the cozy feeling of snuggling up with a warm drink, a loved one, wearing your warmest wool socks and peering into the fire or watching the snowstorm rage outside. You can learn more about hygge in this BBC article. Only one brave… Read more
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WordsFest 2017
This is WordsFest weekend. Very busy but I did manage to write a short piece to celebrate my experience. Experience of WordsFest 2017 Kwe kwe this land, this land on which we stand honoured for decades of centuries historified with just two short paragraphs in a back wall, hidden, not truly celebrated. I hang my… Read more
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…soft autumn hum …
It isn’t truly Fall yet and I want to hang on to summer. I already miss the breakfasts of a quarter cantaloupe filled to the brim with blueberries—both local and sweeter than I remember. I have a lot of years to remember. Reflective writing and mindfulness help me to do the tasks of today. But… Read more
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Be still and remember
Source: Be still and remember Ahhh me too, dear one, me too. Read more
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As the days grow shorter…
Yes, Solstice has passed and we now look forward to the arrival of the Raspberry Moon on Sunday, July 9th. The heat of summer. The “lazy, hazy, crazy days”. But it would seem that the weather hasn’t gotten the message. Well, except for perhaps the hazy part. Today is an overcast, grey, cool, cool day.… Read more
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Hygge (really)
My New Year’s post started out talking about hygge – a Danish term for the cozy feeling of snuggling up with a warm drink, a loved one, wearing your warmest wool socks and peering into the fire or watching the snowstorm rage outside. You can learn more about hygge in this BBC article. Only one brave… Read more
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WordsFest 2017
This is WordsFest weekend. Very busy but I did manage to write a short piece to celebrate my experience. Experience of WordsFest 2017 Kwe kwe this land, this land on which we stand honoured for decades of centuries historified with just two short paragraphs in a back wall, hidden, not truly celebrated. I hang my… Read more
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…soft autumn hum …
It isn’t truly Fall yet and I want to hang on to summer. I already miss the breakfasts of a quarter cantaloupe filled to the brim with blueberries—both local and sweeter than I remember. I have a lot of years to remember. Reflective writing and mindfulness help me to do the tasks of today. But… Read more
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Be still and remember
Source: Be still and remember Ahhh me too, dear one, me too. Read more
-
As the days grow shorter…
Yes, Solstice has passed and we now look forward to the arrival of the Raspberry Moon on Sunday, July 9th. The heat of summer. The “lazy, hazy, crazy days”. But it would seem that the weather hasn’t gotten the message. Well, except for perhaps the hazy part. Today is an overcast, grey, cool, cool day.… Read more
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Hygge (really)
My New Year’s post started out talking about hygge – a Danish term for the cozy feeling of snuggling up with a warm drink, a loved one, wearing your warmest wool socks and peering into the fire or watching the snowstorm rage outside. You can learn more about hygge in this BBC article. Only one brave… Read more
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WordsFest 2017
This is WordsFest weekend. Very busy but I did manage to write a short piece to celebrate my experience. Experience of WordsFest 2017 Kwe kwe this land, this land on which we stand honoured for decades of centuries historified with just two short paragraphs in a back wall, hidden, not truly celebrated. I hang my… Read more
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…soft autumn hum …
It isn’t truly Fall yet and I want to hang on to summer. I already miss the breakfasts of a quarter cantaloupe filled to the brim with blueberries—both local and sweeter than I remember. I have a lot of years to remember. Reflective writing and mindfulness help me to do the tasks of today. But… Read more
-
Be still and remember
Source: Be still and remember Ahhh me too, dear one, me too. Read more
-
As the days grow shorter…
Yes, Solstice has passed and we now look forward to the arrival of the Raspberry Moon on Sunday, July 9th. The heat of summer. The “lazy, hazy, crazy days”. But it would seem that the weather hasn’t gotten the message. Well, except for perhaps the hazy part. Today is an overcast, grey, cool, cool day.… Read more
-
Hygge (really)
My New Year’s post started out talking about hygge – a Danish term for the cozy feeling of snuggling up with a warm drink, a loved one, wearing your warmest wool socks and peering into the fire or watching the snowstorm rage outside. You can learn more about hygge in this BBC article. Only one brave… Read more
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WordsFest 2017
This is WordsFest weekend. Very busy but I did manage to write a short piece to celebrate my experience. Experience of WordsFest 2017 Kwe kwe this land, this land on which we stand honoured for decades of centuries historified with just two short paragraphs in a back wall, hidden, not truly celebrated. I hang my… Read more
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…soft autumn hum …
It isn’t truly Fall yet and I want to hang on to summer. I already miss the breakfasts of a quarter cantaloupe filled to the brim with blueberries—both local and sweeter than I remember. I have a lot of years to remember. Reflective writing and mindfulness help me to do the tasks of today. But… Read more
-
Be still and remember
Source: Be still and remember Ahhh me too, dear one, me too. Read more
-
As the days grow shorter…
Yes, Solstice has passed and we now look forward to the arrival of the Raspberry Moon on Sunday, July 9th. The heat of summer. The “lazy, hazy, crazy days”. But it would seem that the weather hasn’t gotten the message. Well, except for perhaps the hazy part. Today is an overcast, grey, cool, cool day.… Read more
-
Hygge (really)
My New Year’s post started out talking about hygge – a Danish term for the cozy feeling of snuggling up with a warm drink, a loved one, wearing your warmest wool socks and peering into the fire or watching the snowstorm rage outside. You can learn more about hygge in this BBC article. Only one brave… Read more
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WordsFest 2017
This is WordsFest weekend. Very busy but I did manage to write a short piece to celebrate my experience. Experience of WordsFest 2017 Kwe kwe this land, this land on which we stand honoured for decades of centuries historified with just two short paragraphs in a back wall, hidden, not truly celebrated. I hang my… Read more
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…soft autumn hum …
It isn’t truly Fall yet and I want to hang on to summer. I already miss the breakfasts of a quarter cantaloupe filled to the brim with blueberries—both local and sweeter than I remember. I have a lot of years to remember. Reflective writing and mindfulness help me to do the tasks of today. But… Read more
-
Be still and remember
Source: Be still and remember Ahhh me too, dear one, me too. Read more
-
As the days grow shorter…
Yes, Solstice has passed and we now look forward to the arrival of the Raspberry Moon on Sunday, July 9th. The heat of summer. The “lazy, hazy, crazy days”. But it would seem that the weather hasn’t gotten the message. Well, except for perhaps the hazy part. Today is an overcast, grey, cool, cool day.… Read more
-
Hygge (really)
My New Year’s post started out talking about hygge – a Danish term for the cozy feeling of snuggling up with a warm drink, a loved one, wearing your warmest wool socks and peering into the fire or watching the snowstorm rage outside. You can learn more about hygge in this BBC article. Only one brave… Read more
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WordsFest 2017
This is WordsFest weekend. Very busy but I did manage to write a short piece to celebrate my experience. Experience of WordsFest 2017 Kwe kwe this land, this land on which we stand honoured for decades of centuries historified with just two short paragraphs in a back wall, hidden, not truly celebrated. I hang my… Read more
-
…soft autumn hum …
It isn’t truly Fall yet and I want to hang on to summer. I already miss the breakfasts of a quarter cantaloupe filled to the brim with blueberries—both local and sweeter than I remember. I have a lot of years to remember. Reflective writing and mindfulness help me to do the tasks of today. But… Read more
-
Be still and remember
Source: Be still and remember Ahhh me too, dear one, me too. Read more
-
As the days grow shorter…
Yes, Solstice has passed and we now look forward to the arrival of the Raspberry Moon on Sunday, July 9th. The heat of summer. The “lazy, hazy, crazy days”. But it would seem that the weather hasn’t gotten the message. Well, except for perhaps the hazy part. Today is an overcast, grey, cool, cool day.… Read more
-
Hygge (really)
My New Year’s post started out talking about hygge – a Danish term for the cozy feeling of snuggling up with a warm drink, a loved one, wearing your warmest wool socks and peering into the fire or watching the snowstorm rage outside. You can learn more about hygge in this BBC article. Only one brave… Read more
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