some just call it paradise
An oldie but a goodie.
My last photo shoot in Nova Scotia on October 15, 2014 set to Judy Collins’ immortal humpback whale accompanied version of ‘Farewell to Tarwathie.’ Her haunting voice and the whales’ plaintive song perfectly expressing the longing I now feel deep in my soul for my adopted home away from home.
Thanks to the music I chose, this one has over 60,000 views on YouTube. Continue reading “Farewell to Tarwathie”
A multi-media experience of a day at our favorite beach in Nova Scotia with my dog, George. Featuring his first (and likely only) live film audition. Continue reading “George & Daddy’s Most Excellent Day At The Beach”
Todays vocabulary words:
Awakening coming into existence or awareness.
Requiescence a state of rest or repose; peace, quiet.
Astaak is the native name for the point on which I built my home. It means the sun comes out. It overlooks Abbecombec, which is the native word for a wide curving bay and also the name of the village below my home along whose beaches I stroll almost daily.
Continue reading “Astaak At Abbecombec”
As powerful as I think the image I posted above is in conveying so much of the meditative experience of walking along this incredible beach at extreme low tide, alone but for George and the sea birds, with the fog sliding in and out, the constantly changing light of the mist obscured sun floating hither and thither to make illusions of ghosts running past and of fleeting mystic sparkling apparitions dancing in wet shining mirrors–moving, shifting, alive, but so still and quiet–it’s not enough. It’s never enough. You had to be there.
But here’s another opportunity to transport yourself down to this magical place with me and George on a Saturday morning in September. Continue reading “Emptiness”
Get in touch with nature. Really and deeply and truly in touch.
Find peace and quiet. Solitude.
Be here, in the moment, take time to meditate, to just soak it all in, and to let it all go. Let your soul free and let your dreams become real.