• Everyday a stone in my pocket

    Finding the joy in everyday life Day 4 2/5/24 Today is a steel grey day, but I am looking at a bare Japanese maple outside our patio door. Its skeleton like fine lace; its limbs slim. A perfect perch for birds that visit. Our cats entertained by their limb hoping. And I, by the cat’s…

  • Everyday a stone in my pocket.

    Finding the joy in everyday. Every morning after my swim I sit with a hot milk chai and my cats, Pablo, and sometime, Jane, in front of the fireplace. Pur-fect! This is 100% total contentment. Life is good, and all the noise of the world dissolves momentarily, as I sip my chai, pet my cats,…

  • Every day a stone in my pocket.

    Finding joy in every day. Today on my way for my 8:00 am dip in the Salish Sea I got stuck in the elevator. When I pushed the button selecting Parking I experienced a big bang and the elevator dropping and then stop. I immediately thought, “damn I’m going to be late for my swim!”…

  • Everyday a stone in my pocket.

    If you could un-invent something, what would it be? Immediately I thought, the atomic bomb. Hiroshima and Nagasaki should never of happened. Such grief, loss, uncertainty and unimaginable horror. I grew up in the 50’s and 60’s and the fear of the Cuban missile crisis. We practiced safety, sitting under our desks, seems so absurd…

  • Everyday a stone in my pocket.

    Finding the joy in every day. A beautiful morning; a crisp 3 degrees. The Salish Sea; bone biting 4 degrees. The sky brilliant blue; the sea deep indigo. The charcoal mountains silhouetted against that azure with pink tips. Everyone felt the beauty as we entered the sea. The sun was coming up in the East;…

  • Every day a stone in my pocket.

    Finding the joy in everyday. This morning our swim was met with big grey clouds and one mountain top etched in gold. Very dramatic. Two swimmers with floats and one person snorkeling inspired a little collage making this afternoon. It’s been a solid five weeks of cold water dipping every morning at 8:00. I am…

  • Every day a stone in my pocket.

    Finding the joy in everyday. The Breakwater this morning, a stunning sunrise, pink clouds, and black mountain peaks etched with meringue and an otter flipping its tail. The sky’s promise of a beautiful day.

  • Everyday a stone in my pocket.

    Finding the joy in everyday. Today an amazing dip at the Breakwater. Temperature outside was 10 degrees Celsius. Balmy, indeed. Water temperature 5 degrees Celsius. My hands did not get cold! I could get dressed without getting cold. Meanwhile, downtown the Japanese cherry blossoms have begun. You gotta love Victoria. And this morning, someone took…

  • Everyday a stone in my pocket.

    Finding the joy in every day. A hard rain early this morning as I head down to the Breakwater. Only a few hardy souls dipping today. Two newbies; one from Ottawa and the other a local ready to give it a try. It is warmer outside; 8 degrees Celsius, mild for January. This makes it…

  • Every day a stone in my pocket.

    Finding the joy in everyday. Light rain greeted me this morning on my way to the Breakwater. In Cook Street village, the peacocks were meeting in front of the bakery and three seagulls were in the pedestrian walk. At the Breakwater, 12 dippers, a few bob-heads fishing, a seal and a very large sea lion.…

  • Every day a stone in my pocket

    Finding the joy in every day. It’s 7:45 am and I am on my way to dip in the Salish Sea. It’s dark, raining, and I am stopped in my car waiting at a pedestrian walk … as six peacocks stand in the middle of the road in Cook Street Village. I wait, and wait,…

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