A Perfect Peach Morning

What makes you smile?  For me,  Monday morning, it was a peach. A perfect peach I had bought at the Farmer's Market on Saturday. I cut it up onto my cereal and anticipated an epicurean delight! I was not disappointed.

Just as the "little things" can make life a bit tougher, so can they sometimes brighten it up and make life just a little bit more palatable. That perfect peach certainly brightened up my morning and my day, for that matter. Even a little moment of peace (or peach??) and pleasure can make a difference.

So, what makes you smile? A perfect peach, the sound of birds singing in your backyard, the colour of the leaves in autumn? Allow yourself to take a moment and just enjoy that one little thing!

A Hot Sunny September Saturday!

    A hot sunny September Saturday is a rarity in Edmonton, Alberta and must, therefore, not be taken lightly. Today was such a day, and I knew that if I ignored it, I would just as surely live to regret it!  What  to do, then, on such a day?  In Vancouver, I would have been at Granville Island or at Kits Beach; in Montreal, Old Montreal would have beckoned. In Edmonton, it was Whyte Ave. and the Old Strathcona Farmer's Market that called my name, and I willingly answered!

    I am charmed by this area of my northern city. I love the feel of the Market itself  and the atmosphere along Whyte Ave. Wandering through the shops and the Market, I find myself  relaxing, enjoying the experience of walking, examining and, occasionally, purchasing goods.  It makes my life feel a bit simpler than it really is and I relish the illusion, at least for a time. 

   What makes your Saturdays special? Where do you head when you have the day and the time to make it worthwhile? We all need places that feel like homes away from home, that bring pleasure and solace into our lives.  I hope you have at least one place to "get away" to on a hot sunny September Saturday.

   

   

  

   

   

     

   

   

    

I'm Back!

The implication of those words are likely lost on anyone reading this blog, but for me they are words of power, encouragement and determination! I have not really gone anywhere, no self-imposed exile or prolonged vacation, but I have certainly removed myself  to some extent from some of the dreams and plans I made reference to in earlier blogs.  Like so many of us, I was caught in the web of life, dealing with issues and problems in my day to day journey, not all of my own making. But, I have now decided it is time to reclaim that which is mine.

      

As a result, I am beginning again.  Not only writing in this blog, but seizing the adventure of living once more, whatever may come, for life is, indeed, an adventure, and that continues through times of rest and times of  furious activity, times of fulfillment and times of regret.  My life has been a roller coaster for as long as I can remember, but I know I am not alone in that experience. The question is not one of how to slow things down (although that would be nice!) but one of how to avoid falling off as we round the corners and brave the loops and fear-evoking hills.  I am determined to take every day as it comes, and to take out of every day whatever I can.  A part of me feels that there is no point, that it is too late to start once more, but I refuse to believe that is really the case. 

 It is never too late to learn. Isn't that really the biggest adventure of all?