On Water

On Water

by | Mar 21, 2013 | Blog, Perspectives, Projects

Oh gift of rain Cup of life From the sky to our lips Trees drink deep Searching routes roots shoot to savour Damp drips in the mossy mushroom festooned  draping of forest old and full Oh gift of rain cup of life fall from above bestow life On roofs and roads Leaves...
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Varying Speeds of Life

by | Mar 18, 2013 | Blog, Perspectives

Warning Signs/Encouragement Signs Eastbound on the TransCanada Hwy up the Fraser Valley Sometimes the advice is great, but the timing is all wrong. I’ve been told things before, but not ready to hear them. Some things have to germinate, bounce around, be...
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Life teaches many lessons.

by | Mar 11, 2013 | Blog, Perspectives

April 20th, 2012 – Shawnigan Lake – Day 5/214 Life teaches many lessons. And many lessons are stretched over many seasons. Some we learn once, some we repeat, repeatedly. One lesson I’ve encountered repeatedly, is that answers to challenges come on...
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the look

by | Mar 10, 2013 | Blog, Perspectives

the look crocuses in Sechelt, British Columbia, seen while on a walk visiting my Mom There are rhythms in our dynamic world. Things dormant burst forth once more to shout out a riot of colour a welcome vision a welcome visitor for a brief time Crocuses aren’t...
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Nathan

by | Mar 5, 2013 | Blog, Perspectives

Waking up and sharing morning space and conversation with old friends is always a special and unique time. Our lives and paths don’t intersect as often as they once did, and these moments have more poignancy for it. I can remember Nathan, as a 15ish year old,...
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motion.

by | Mar 4, 2013 | Blog, Perspectives

motion. we are sitting in our chairs. we are hurtling through space. we are moving through time. continents drift, collide, subduct, grow. a seagull stays still while a gravel conveyor, a tug boat, a log barge blur with motion. a dynamic view of a static world or a...