Author: Catherine

Eight hours, 49 minutes

That’s the day length on the shortest day of the year here in Hancock, Maine. It’s been around that yesterday, today, tomorrow. Then it starts increasing slowly. A light show, in honor of the...

Bake-a-thon

I had some pears growing old in the fruit basket. A pear muffin recipe came my way. I made some pear muffins. They’re mostly gone. We’re going away to Quebec City for a few...

Spaciousness

A lot is being revealed lately. Not many words to say about it as of yet. Just – I’m beginning to see the roots of an issue that goes way back. And I am...

This morning

I woke up at dawn. I saw this gleam in the sky. When I put my glasses on, I could see it was a crescent moon, accompanied by a planet. Venus? The dawn was...

A Fiery hike

Four of us hiked up Fiery Mountain today. It’s a little mountain across the pond from our camp. According to the Internet, it is 557 feet (170 meters) in height. Another site says 466...

Generating joy

Every morning I write an aspiration for the day. Usually, I forget it almost immediately. Today I wrote “generate joy” – a phrase I read that stuck with me. I remembered it often during...

The tide

A very high tide over the last few days. The full moon, and then a wind and rain storm Monday morning, blowing from the south. The winds drive the tides even higher. The beach...