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Isobel Cunningham has published short fiction and poetry. Her book, Northern Compass is available on Amazon. She was born in Wales but Montreal is her adopted home. She speaks French, Modern Greek ( it’s a fun story) and a little Spanish…oh, English too, of course. She welcomes comments on her blog and looks forward to chatting with you over cyber-space.

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  • Mother

    I feel a bit like this these days. Not that I’m felled, exactly but, let’s face it, I’m no sapling! This old tree put forth other life though and one young tree did well. I have a favorite walk along the shore here on Vancouver Island. A lot of it is calm salt water of…

  • On Vancouver Island

    Yes, such a place really exists and is accessible for ordinary people to walk to after a 20 minute drive out of town Yes, loggers came and cut down great Douglas furs, hemlocks, and cedars for decades. But nature is resilient and from such mother trees more giants arose. There was a certain Harrison Ford…

  • Different in the Evening

    I almost always take my park walk in the early morning, especially in summer. Last week we suffered through a heat and humidity wave and I got busy with museum tours so when I noticed that my step numbers were down ( yes. I’m one of those nerds who counts ) I decided to walk…

  • Nostalgia for the Camino

    When you think you’re lost – – somebody had it covered. A dear friend asked me to do a presentation about the Camino’s I’ve done or attempted and I’ve been gong through photos to prepare the slides. I love being in beautiful places like this and walking so that no one can interrupt that special…

  • Bringing back the Empties

    It used to be that I would stuff an old gym bag and pop the empty cans into a machine at one of the big-box stores in my neighbourhood. Ten cents a can is an incentive if you’re going there anyway. Not about the content today but rather, about the container. I live in a…

  • This Desirable Residence

    Perfect for a growing groundhog family ( Marmott to you, if you don’t mind!) Aaand! I’ll take it, says Momma Marmott.

  • Cataract Surgery

    For a person with one properly functioning eye, this is not a procedure I was looking forward to. However, I understood the principle that a film over both eyes was not helping matters. Fortunately, I had found an ophthalmologist I absolutely trust years ago and when, after a few years of “ monitoring” , he…

  • Changing Scene

    In the metro yesterday this young lady made an impression. We both got off at the Angrignon Park station and, as a follow up to yesterday’s post, I thought to feature an alternative fashion statement. Turns out this look is her business and I’m happy to give her a shout-out here. There were more people…

  • Eid al Adha

    Today is the Muslim feast of Eid al Adha. I took my usual walk in Angrignon Park and was happy to see lots of families out with their bar- b-ques enjoying a picnic. I was so impressed with the beautiful dress of this young lady that I wished her Eid Mubarak and asked if I…

  • A city Camino

    Is that we know where it’s going. No yellow arrows, no mystery. Don’t get me wrong – I love my big local park with its birds, lake, reefs – but, I know it too well. As joggers, dogs, families, even wanna-be peligrinas walk past. I’m grateful and even whisper a rhyme of thanks to two…