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Ironic Cherry Blossoms
Four Japanese cherry trees grew in the back yard of my childhood home. In the summer, the trees provided much needed shade. Come winter, they…
Tide’s Out
Making my way down the stony beach, I drop to my knees behind my tripod every few meters. The rocks are glistening wet. Moments ago…
The Blob
Sitting herewanting words to flow. Today I am the rockinertsteadybut determined. Why continue?Tomorrow’s possibilityto be the water.
Life Detour or Adjustment?
How do you tell the difference between a life detour and an adjustment? I apologize (like a good Canadian) if this sounds like a knock…
Sunday Story: Dancing with Crater Lake
Part one of this story is here: Drive to Crater Lake. I thought I was seeing it all that day, as I drove through the…
Me and The Ivory Girl
Fuck and all the other swear words were prohibited in the Tucker household. There were, of course, certain exceptions. My father’s mostly under his breath…
Towards Uncomplicated
All things worth practicing seem complicated at first. Once the skill is internalized through repetition, we move with increasing ease. Then there’s the other complicated….
Sliding Sands
This out-and-back trail is easy and fun on the way in. But it earns its name on the way back – Sliding Sands. Working against…
Simple Things Count
Today’s pearl of wisdom from The Alchemist comes early in the book. (p 7) Santiago visits a fortune teller for guidance. He wants to know…
The Alchemy of Each Day
Alchemy and alchemist are old words in the English language. They predate and were precursors for the science of chemistry and the chemist. Alchemists believed…
Sunday Story: The Drive to Crater Lake
It’s taken less than a month of near daily writing to get the memoir coming out of me again. It’s taken a while, to prime…
Taking Stock
I do my best thinking when I’m flying or traveling. To represent that in today’s Daily, I went looking for a photo of a big…
The Company Of Plants
My first pandemic plant acquisition was a tiny aloe vera. It was early April. I was looking for something, anything that would bring relief from…
Daily Means Daily
Writing didn’t go as anticipated today. It happened, but I dove into something and couldn’t bring it home in one sitting. I almost gave myself…
The Red Tree Connection
This morning my thoughts bent toward the relationship between people, places, things, and how story enhances our connection. Last week I wrote Perspective Shift, a…
Hope for Renewal
This photo emerged from obscurity on the weekend. It wasn’t exactly lost, but it hadn’t seen the light of day for many years. The original…
Perspective Shift
I am patiently waiting for snow to return to Toronto. That sentence ⬆️ might be the most surprising sequence of words I’ve ever strung together….
Which comes first, the passion or the skill?
Joseph Campbell, the originator of the meme“follow your bliss,” was clear: bliss isn’t always easy. Bliss skins your knees and tests your mettle. It’s our…