god…

An elementary school teacher was giving a drawing class to a group of six year-old children. At the back of the classroom sat a little girl who normally didn’t pay much attention in school, but in the drawing class, she did. For more than twenty minutes, the girl sat with her arms curled around her paper, totally absorbed in what she was doing. The teacher found this fascinating. Eventually, she asked the girl what she was drawing. Without looking up, the girl said ‘Im drawing a picture of God.’ Surprised, the teacher said, ‘but nobody knows what God looks like.’ The girl said,they will in a minute.’

ken robinson, the element

shitfaced…

In fact, it’s a growing conviction that the greatest flaw of the species is its overwhelming tendency to mistake agreement with truth. Single biggest influence on what a body will or won’t believe is what nearby bodies broadcast over the public band. Get three people in the room and they’ll decide that the law of gravity is evil and should be rescinded because one of their uncles got shit-faced and fell off the roof.

richard powers, overstory

molars…

The store was a riot of colour. Every corner had multiple layers of stuff, so you couldn’t put your eye down on one thing without it landing on five more: golden silk handkerchiefs, tallboy cabinets draped ropey silken tassels, iridescent velvet slippers, a bristly thick, glossy black lancelet fur capelet, gumdrop earrings that might have been rhinestones or Tiffany. The accessories had their own accessories: there were fancy opera glasses, each with an eyeglasses chain on which dangled an opera-glasses charm. My molars ached.

adrienne rappel

winter solstice…

In Nova Scotia, the winter Solstice occurs at 5:47pm, 21 December 2022

A time to honour both the dark and light within; to contemplate where you have wandered over the past year and where you would like to wander tomorrow; what you choose to carry, what you choose to discard, what seeds to plant and what nourishment to provide.

A thankful moment for the sun, the earth, every system in nature that provides sustenance, warmth, and energy; for friends, neighbours, community and four-legged companions; for blessings received, for your offering of kindness.

To all wanderers, a merry Solstice