I did see a shooting star that night, which was a high point, but it didn’t feel like much time passed between that and the 5am roaming dog pack barking, followed by the 6am rooster cock-a-doodle-contest.
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Woman in Hawai’i – Part 4
Honestly, the gall – for a white man to buy land in Hawai’i, where there were NO TREATIES to cede land to colonizers, gate it off, including an entrance to the Place of Refuge, and then act like HIS MONEY should mean something to us!
Woman in Hawai’i – Part 3
April 27 I woke up several times in the night because of the unfamiliar surroundings and because I’m a pee-three-times-a-night kind of gal. Kai was awake at 4am and when I woke up more reasonably at 7am, she was gone. I found her on the lanai with the cats taking sound recordings of the birds,Continue reading “Woman in Hawai’i – Part 3”
Woman in Hawai’i – Part 2
April 26 We arrived at the airport around 1:30am, and we were all a little looped! We bid farewell to our friends and hunkered into YYZ. We wandered around looked for places to sleep: we tried the plastic Muskoka chairs, the black twisty couches, and finally this padded oval by the information desk, but IContinue reading “Woman in Hawai’i – Part 2”
Woman in Hawai’i – Part 1
I had a great talk with my mom and we decided that we would take some of my Nana’s ashes with me. She would have loved Hawai’i, according to my mom.
Table of Contents for sistersXcanada!
sistersXcanada – Day 0 – Devising The Plot sistersXcanada – Day 1 – Pancake Bay Provincial Park, ON sistersXcanada – Day 2 – Pukaskwa National Park, Ontario sistersXcanada – Day 3 – Kenora, ON wal-mart sistersXcanada – Day 4 – Riding Mountain National Park, Manitoba sistersXcanada – Day 5 – Tisdale, Saskatchewan sistersXcanada – DayContinue reading “Table of Contents for sistersXcanada!”
sistersXcanada – Day 45 – Huntsville, Ontario
The lesson I had cemented, that I hope to carry with me always, is that I’m here on Earth for a reason, that I have gifts that are necessary to explore and make space for, but that it’s also okay to do things that are just for me. I’m the collection of my lessons and experiences, and my desires are worth honouring. I also know that our ability to thrive on this planet is limited by our greed, ignorance, false sense of helplessness, and the corruption of those in power – and that we have a responsibility to this absurdly beautiful and deeply precious place we call home. I learned gratitude for the gifts of the Earth, the help of strangers, the love of my sister, my own capacity and strength, and the sense of community that kept us company when we were far from home.
sistersXcanada – Day 44 – Thousand Islands National Park, Ontario (x2)
My notes-to-self were centred on writing that day, and how I could release myself from the fear of writing poorly, or that no one would read or care about what I have to say. I decided that wasn’t relevant, and that I would write for myself and release it regardless of the fear. And if someone liked it, or needed it, then that is why I did it. For that one person. Even if that one person was me.
sistersXcanada – Day 43 – Thousand Islands National Park, Ontario
After three hours on the water, we found our island! It was very small. We pulled up next to a houseboat that was moored on the dock. They offered to help but it’s my experience that something like that only needs a couple hands, and it’s good practise to make sure you can do it alone, so we passed on the offer and got ourselves out of the canoe and up on the dock.
