Poor Gene Wilder died recently. He was one of my childhood heroes, Blazing Saddles being a lifelong favorite movie of mine. In the movie, Hedley Lamarr, forever being confused with Hedy Lamarr, stated, “My mind is a raging torrent, flooded with rivulets of thought cascading into a waterfall of creative alternatives.” And this is …
This morning I awoke to a cacophonous rain outside, wiping away our recent sun and flattening the leaves and pine needles onto the wood of the back deck. I stared at the rain dropping and making tiny puddles and then other drops splashing into those puddles. I felt longing, knowing I had to get out …
We have been having the best weather lately. Cool mornings and nights, hot afternoons, sunny and cloudless skies, and gentle breezes promise autumn. Yesterday was another such day, and I volunteered with the Streamkeepers group at the Riverview Tree Festival. The Maple Creek Streamkeepers are one of the partners of Treefest and are in the …
My two runs this week so far have been great. I can feel my legs tiring as I am pushing myself to run up to two minutes faster per mile. Today I just happened to look at Strava and saw 9.54 per mile during that segment. I am a slowish runner, so that was pretty …
Before I get into to today’s subject, eco-fiction, we have finally settled into what feels like fall after a hot, windy, dry end to the summer. I’ve been so busy at work lately that I haven’t had time to take my runs during work, so I’ve had to go afterward. Last night I met my …
Yesterday after work, my husband agreed to come with me on a 5K trail run at Mundy Park. I realized how nervous I was about falling again, which prompted a slower run than usual. It was so nice of him to come with me! It was great to get back to the woods. Mundy Park …
Note: the feature image is of bears we saw near Williams Lake three years ago, not the bear I saw yesterday. After having blogged so much about my fear of startling a bear when running, I finally had an encounter on my run yesterday. Luckily, the bear was about a block away, and if it …
It occurred to me that with climate change already happening around us–it is physically observable–that our seasons may begin to feel a little different, on average. For now, we are in the dry hot season that often happens in late August and early September–only we are still breaking records. I look around locally and notice …
I am working on a eco-weird story, a new novel, but am finding a hard time to be able to really sit down and write. I’m up to chapter 4, though. As I noted earlier, part of it is set in Ireland, and it helped very much to go there and see some of the …
If you are having a bad day, I have a solution for you. Find the Grateful Dead album, “American Beauty,” and slide the needle over the first track or plug in your music player. Turn up the volume. Listen to the music. Really listen. Then dance. I got a little nostalgic last night rewatching “Freaks …