It must be spring. The fiddleheads are ready to pick, salmon berry bushes in full bloom and today Nancy’s Taco shack opened on the pier. I took my lunch there waiting for the noon ferry and contemplating the recent effect that our new Council is having on our community. The natural world keeps me upbeat, Nancy’s tacos nourish, but there are times when my optimism wanes.
Watch what happens when a rain delay forces two US college baseball teams to get creative. They improvise. So much to love in this, including the fact that they created set pieces, scenes and then when they ran out of ideas staged a dance contest together. It would have been interesting to see how the game went after all this play they did together! Here is another even better video of (almost) grown men having a great time together – moose hunting, curling, pro wrestling, playing football.
This is me. This is the bay I live by. These mountains are the east wall of the fjord that holds the island that I live on. Years ago a well known islander gave me the advice about living here that, if I’m in it for the long haul, I would need to develop a practice of witnessing. In the ten+ years I have lived here a lot has changed and I’m finally beginning to realize what that role of witness means. There is a sharp division here between private and public, growing sharper every year. I believe that the …
After twelve days on the road followed by a further day of work at home and battling a flu I finally have a day off. This morning the wind is gusting off the sea and it’s dry. The forest is drying out, kinglets and sparrows flitting around and eagles are being chased by the crows who are trying to nest in peace. I feel the same way. Letting all that soaked through me just drain out. Watching an afternoon scooter match between Manchester United and Blackburn, drinking tea and smoothies and walking in the woods with my beloved. I’ll have …
A long day of traveling home from Minnesota made longer by a bout of flu and a cough. Hopefully I didn’t poison anyone in the way home. It will be good to have a rest, and see how spring has come in while I’ve been away most of the last three weeks. Location:Howe Sound