When your eyes are tired
The world is tired also.When your vision has gone
No part of the world can find you.Time to go into the dark
Where the night has eyes to recognize its own.There you can be sure you are not beyond love …
Sometimes it takes darkness and the sweet confinement
Of your aloneness to learnAnything or anyone that does not bring you alive
Is too small for you.David Whyte, from “Sweet Darkness”
hmmm, the joys of moving, packing up ones life and challenging the threshold of familiarity. An interesting fork in the road abounds at every new house-sitting opportunity, and this is no different than the others! Slade and I will spend 7 weeks in the small Mennonite village of Hawkesville, just 25 minutes from the city….
Michael Jackson …. a huge influence on my beloved music style, growing up. Oh how I thrilled to dance along with his awesome music videos. I had all of his early vinyl records (wonder where they are now?) and often plastered my bedroom walls with his handsome rockstar King smile (always with a twinkle in…
Ok, this might be a bit too personal for your preferences … so stop here! Never again: will I eat a load of raw vegetables before yoga class (even 2 hrs before). With each twist during my practice, I could feel a surging air pocket within me gasping to be released. Flatulence during yoga is…
need a lift?? need some answers? here you might find what you need (on harold’s planet)
It was a long, long full 8 hour day working at community Health Foods, but it truly paid off in one way! I received my first pay check :). However, they forgot to send me my staff 10% discount card with my pay stub. I wasn’t too thrilled about that as I wanted to get…
It’s been interesting shopping here in Calgary, discovering the price differences between food back in Ontario vs in Alberta. I’m discovering that the local Community Natural Health Food store has really comparable (and sometimes cheaper) prices for their organic food, compared to that of the normal produce, say at Safeway (god forbid that I should…