October is over
November is nearly half over, and I’m just now pausing to say that I feel I missed October. Altogether. It has been a particularly busy year and I sometimes sense I’m missing my own life. Like a dream, where your … Continued
Visit to the farm
Six weeks have passed since we returned from our visit “home” to the farm where I was raised. I can’t believe how much time has elapsed and that I am only now able to begin to process the experience … Continued
Watercolour sketches and pigment from Roussillon
You’ll recognize the top sketch from my out-the-window snapshot from my last post. The botto one is a scene I drive past every day on the way to work. Since I started taking notice of it a few months ago … Continued
Summer on the farm
This summer we vacationed at my childhood farm in Southwestern Ontario, along the shore of Lake Erie and nestled in by a hedge of field corn, overgrowth, humidity, and the intense, throbbing hum of cicadas and crickets. People are often … Continued
Notre-Dame
I just finished reading the Hunchback of Notre Dame, now that I could picture the church with its towers and gargoyles, and that’s what brought me back to this moment. The church bells sounded for almost half an hour as … Continued