As is my practice when it is cool outside, I sit in my office to meditate. This morning was an indoor meditation even though the sun was out. Then, it was time for breakfast. With the morning meal out of the way, we got ready for our daily countryside hiking. We began the walk wearing wind jackets because of the cool northern breeze. By the 3 kilometre mark, the jackets were ditched, tossed onto the side of the road to…
It’s a bit of a gloomy morning with the sun not making an appearance through the clouds. As a result, my time outside this morning close to non-existent. One benefit of this kind of weather is more time spent indoors writing. It has been a while since I last posted here, so I made it a point to put up a new post just to let all know that all is well. As the blog title says, I am busy…
Rewilding is a process, a journey. Not many dare to take such a journey. In Jungian psychology terms, a life event usually propels one to answer a call to discover the depths of self, to make a heroic journey of individuation. Often the call is subtle, and sometimes the call is a matter of life and death. For me, it was truly a matter of life or death. Because of others around me – my wife and children, I chose…
I am finally settling down after a few days being back home from a visit to my son’s house for Easter. Since my return from Ecuador in early April, I have been anything but settled down. This is not new territory for me as it is always like this when we return home from our three-month winter stay in southern climes. The difference this year is that I am being gentler with myself, more open to accepting the small things…
We arrived home a little later than planned as we stopped in the city for a meal out with grandson number two and his significant other. It was a luncheon that was well worth the delay in arriving at home. There is no snow on the ground, not a good thing for the farming communities here on the prairies Now, a few days later, I am ready to return to a more regular writing pattern. The main writing project is…
It was a night with very little sleep. After only a few hours of sleep, the bed started to shake as if it was a prop for the Exorcist movie. For a brief moment I thought I might have been dreaming and that the bed would fly off as if a magic carpet. Earthquake! A few minutes later, a second earthquake. And then twenty minutes after that, a third earthquake. By that time, my wife and I noticed that the…
It has been almost three weeks since my last entry. For some reason, I found myself locked out of my website by WordPress. I wonder what that was all about? Regardless, the door is open after so many attempts, so I will take advantage of it and post while I can. So what’s new? I have finished all of my tasks regarding editing and rewriting. The new book is now published and is already selling eBook copies. March is proving…
There is a problem in the world of naturism. Well, the problem isn’t just in naturism, but more about the use of the word, naturism. When I look at the many people I know in the face-to-face world who claim to be naturists, I am beginning to think that perhaps no one is a naturist. The word is too hard to define. That said, there is a consensus in the “naturist” community for what the word is supposed to mean….
It has been a while since my last post. I have to plead being insanely busy as an excuse. I have been preoccupied with life. I am in Ecuador escaping the polar vortex that is terrorising Canada. I am with my wife and there is an eleven-kilometre long beach which calls to us every day. There are others in the community whom we know and with whom we interact. We wander the streets of the village and say hola to…
It’s another rain day here in Ecuador. I have to admit that I am appreciating the break from our regular routines. And, I’m sure my skin is appreciating the respite from constant sunshine as well. Sometimes the expression, “into each life some rain must fall“, needs to be seen in a positive light. As I write this, it is just before time for lunch with my wife. I have been working on the edit of my first novel, and now…