Are there Poppy Blooms in France and Flanders?

| March 31, 2020

I wonder… Each night I walk. A steady jaunt through the neighbourhood, choosing to walk when fewer people are about…there is less risk that way. As I walk the road the 7 PM salute to our first responders builds. I watch as one curious robin hops across a lawn, his ear openings wizened to these […]

Inspired By a True Story

| March 30, 2020

Introducing a new series… The other day I wrote all blossoms are perfect, nonetheless I will always continue my search in awe of each petal, each burst of new life, new joy, new inspiration. In these current days of complication, I also turn to the history of others whose resilience in adversity was noted, recorded […]

There is A Red Heart in the Window

| March 28, 2020

Softness to My Eyes There is a red heart in the window as I walk the quiet of the early evening. Mallards huddle closely in the quiet of a school field as the spring rain washes our town, our nature. The moisture runs freely along the roadside, its watery current in syncopation with the 7pm […]

Pandemic: Its Reappearance

| March 14, 2020

It has occurred, an unwanted centenary Following commemorations marking the days and events of the Great War Centenary, we now face the reappearance of an unwelcome 2020 visitor – a global pandemic. Mimicking the timing of the influenza pandemic of 1918 – 1920 we now have Coronavirus or COVID-19. The new virus first appeared towards […]

Story is everywhere

| March 6, 2020

Yesterday It seems an hour plus more of feeling through articles of history, sensing the writers’ directions, passions and dedications has come to a close for this time. I wander to the deck and stand before the behemoth twins. As the starboard bow opens…its wheel provides the sharp but not unpleasant tones of the skakuhachi. […]