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January 2, 2018
The old year was a year of chock full of happiness- spending the first day of 2017 with the Fox’s Knob and its little friend, the Small Point with Chris enjoying thick slices of dark fruit cake whilst sitting in the snow, savouring a sunlit afternoon on the cliffs with...
December 24, 2017
It’s Tibb’s Eve- that old/new holiday that has somehow managed to be both old-fashioned and fashionable at once. As I prepare to enter my 43rd year in this world, Tibb’s Eve is a fairly recent phenomenon for me. The much anticipated Christmas season, as I can remember,...
December 2, 2017
Life is full of blessings. Some are big, wide umbrellas of abundance that we are consciously thankful for each day. Others we count as small, minute drops of joy that we sometimes fail to name or acknowledge. The health and happiness of our family and friends - big b...
October 25, 2017
There are many curious aspects of this picture that remain a mystery. Why do we all have neat bangs and feathery hair? Where did those yellow plastic (not orange) chairs come from? Why does Joey look so jolly while Edward is thoughtfully pondering the great mysteries...
October 9, 2017
Last night, Matthew McConaughey and I walked leisurely through Logan International Airport in Boston, Massachusetts. As we made our way through throngs of hurried travelers, I noted that we were both wearing our signature airport attire. Matthew, in his slightly wrinkl...
September 20, 2017
The final moments of Summer have arrived. In a matter of hours, showy Summer with her endless evenings, vast blue skies and sunshine-imbued colours will graciously give way to the transition season. Fall is Summer's quiet cousin, the even toned, impeccably dressed (sc...
August 27, 2017
I'm all about peace. I try to be anyway. Each morning, the rising sun finds me sitting in quiet prayer and meditation, a sacred spiritual ritual that launches me into the day filled with a great sense of hope and serenity. The ever tranquil Vietnamese monk Thich Nhat...
August 9, 2017
Photo Credit: Theresa Power
There's something in the air in Branch this evening and I can't quite name it. Fullness. Joy. Love. Appreciation. The familiar Fall song rustling the alders. All of these descriptors speak of a plump and happy heart. A plump and happ...
July 25, 2017
There are very few things that I find difficult to believe. In fact, my commitment to fanciful thinking is such that I once seriously considered following an unusually plump Easter' Cove rabbit into the woods in an Alice in Wonderland-ish fervour. Belief and her sist...
July 4, 2017
It's day 183. The early, welcoming days of July have arrived full of the promise of a warm, sunny, short sleeves at 8 PM kind of Summer. Three days in, the fog is thick and wet and determinedly embracing the place. The gannets have convened a meeting in the cove, div...
