JjJJjjjJ… DOODLING THE LETTER J... J IS SHAPED LIKE A HOOK. CONVENIENCE IS SHAPED LIKE A HOOK TOO! THE CONVENIENCE OF HAVING A PLASTIC STOPPER FOR A TAKEAWAY COFFEE SO IT DOESN'T SPILL ON MYSELF OR MY CAR. HMMM. WHAT HAPPENS TO THE PLASTIC STOPPER WHEN WE ARE FINISHED WITH IT? DO WE REUSE IT?…
This evening I needed motivation for a run, to get some exercise and enjoyment in the crisp wintry air. A run roundabout the neighbourhood with the end result being a bakery with an endless cookie and biscotti selection. Just one or two I thought. Wow! The Christmas lights are amazing! I dashed in the bakery…
Digging right in… Everywhere I go, I am asked to sign in, sanitize, stick a needle in my arm, regardless of knowing if the contents of this said needle may or may not fu k myself up, the human population and the future children of humanity. Everyone seems to believe in the words from government,…
A morning visit to the Art Gallery of Ontario recently and the powerful beauty of the evening sky invoked something ancient and deep within which I would like to share. I attended a ceremony honouring the indigenous children who never returned home from the residential school system they attended; the dead, the surviving and the…
Staying at downtown Toronto hotel due to an environmental issue in my home, I gaze out over beautiful Lake Ontario. West Lakeshore skyline glowing gold with the dawn of realization. RA, the Sun God fertilizing Earth with seeds of light. Below me, the occasional car, cyclist or jogger smoothes by. A few seagulls to follow…
As part of my Hatha Yoga Teacher Training Program in 2017, I was required to write an essay on Newton's Laws of Motion. "To every action (force applied), there is an equal and opposite reaction (equal force applied in the opposite direction)". I recently came across this most relevant composition and thought I would share.…
“So if you have a bump of any kind, know that you are being regulated, and you’ll come out of it much improved. The person who resists and resents will have to be regulated many times!” - Florence Scovel Shinn Thinking of the current times we are in, the coronavirus "bump" that is affecting humanity, and…
Dear Mama, I’m not sorry. I’m not sorry that the entire world is affected by a virus that originated with cruelty to animals. I’m not sorry. I have compassion and empathy for those who suffer ill health and perhaps death from the virus, and their loved ones, but I am not sorry. What about you…
Birds chirpingHeart swellingFlowers bloomingSands rollingTime standingStill. As I sat amongst trembling, tenacious, fierce beauty; tiny flowers ranging from the most delicate shade of violet to bright, audacious yellow, I was reminded of what I see, I am. Everything and everyone, every situation is mirrored through me. Once again, I was humbled by the generosity and…
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