Seven years ago I wrote this. It hasn’t changed at all. I have gotten more practice in stretching this accordion heart of mine, with daughter now studying on a different continent. Back in the days when we snuggled in bed, or she sauntered into the house just like that in her teens, sharing life in the daily, I could barely fathom stretching and releasing that far, for so long.
One lightening storm one evening. No rain. July 17th.
A summer irrevocably changed with
a multitude of fires lit across the landscape of the Kootenays.
Some extinguished within hours or days
Others turning from smoulder to raging fires
And this valley here, goes from a peaceful easing into summer after a long Canadian winter and a lush green spring
To sudden activation and prolonged uncertainty upon a backdrop of endless days of hot sunshine hidden by smoke, and drying earth.
I am sitting under the tree that still has many leaves to shed. Those already fallen, spread around my feet, a carpet of gold.
I had to come outside. With the walls pressing in, fresh air was needed.
The temperature of the world has surely gone down this past week as the world reels in the wake of atrocities with many innocent caught in the middle.
Little ones, growing ones, parents and elders.
Once upon a time, the stretch of carpet from one side of the room to the other was a continent
A big one
To cross by flapping your arms, then by wiggling your bum, then by crawling and then
One day, an unforgettable one, by taking a step,
And another
That led to so many
How many?
Easter Saturday. A day of waiting, of unknown. liminal, empty, uncertain. A day of dark, of facing death and loss. A day of grief, of resistance and perhaps gradual acceptance. A day of feeling all the losses, all the pain and sorrows, a day of not turning the other way, but simply and profoundly: being […]
Dear teenagers, As we find ourselves in the middle of this pandemic — a new and disorienting experience for all of us — you, whose developmental stage it is to venture out into the world with curiosity and growing confidence, have been on my mind. Surely also because I have a teenage daughter whose daily […]
CORONAVIRUS : Taking steps for y-our health This protocol was put together for our families, drawing upon our own best practices and experiences, as well as recommendations from integrative health practitioners, a biochemist and nutraceutical expert, a family doctor, two nurses, and numerous medical articles and research. We sifted through the information with the intention […]
CORONAVIRUS – REFLECTIONS & SUGGESTIONS on how to take personal responsibility. After tracking COVID-19 since early February and sifting through dozens of medical and scientific, as well as public health reports and docs and, of course as so many of you, reading plenty of media, and chatting with friends and neighbors, here some reflections and […]
To Let Come I am not a calendar with Straight lines etched across my self And tidy numbers telling me Which day and month I am And which page I should next be turning, Which intentions I must be setting and what should be released Instead I lay beside the winter coat Of the hibernating […]
What is it we fear so This dark time of year? We cover up the dark with glitter Lights and noise and stuff and lists Busy days, excess plastic and wrapping Good stuff too — food and song and sweet gifts
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