writerly's findings

New Year.

Missing the ocean something fierce these days, but this soothes the soul #BalmyBeach #lakeontario https://www.instagram.com/p/CLxHMu4g5ar8eZM1cNJDlL9S1P13yW9tRn8ogQ0/?igshid=k390zv100sgt

Missing the ocean something fierce these days, but this soothes the soul #BalmyBeach #lakeontario https://www.instagram.com/p/CLxHMu4g5ar8eZM1cNJDlL9S1P13yW9tRn8ogQ0/?igshid=k390zv100sgt

Walked 7km this morning to a strange new land (aka Mimico). #napwalks #endlessmatleave https://www.instagram.com/p/CLuXv_xAxBOGMRLFHN0dJzRmG65yjhGv5l4pYI0/?igshid=1myxoilnvzutz

Enjoy these beautiful flowers & pretend it’s all going to be ok. Sending love to all my loves today and every day 💘 https://www.instagram.com/p/CLRnoXJgHSlGRVDGG3gTQuU-lgxCsKFcYLiFu40/?igshid=1nlcc54hz4h2g

Be still my heart... sourdough pretzels. @stevedriscoll really does love me 🥨🥨🥨 https://www.instagram.com/p/CLAzEHeAiW2YZL52kRLr3DusMnVFtEO-_ZG0Hk0/?igshid=dhuav3g25lz6

At least there was this, today https://www.instagram.com/p/CKAYobkA3yeehazJs8p50RSnxD-EZnD-Ql8iLk0/?igshid=1ugg73sujf18j

This the season for beating @stevedriscoll at backgammon 🎲🎲 https://www.instagram.com/p/CJAISMiAJKNvR_oLmmK-GMRxAK6hM5DNNXWcTM0/?igshid=cnqoopp6aucs

Look, the trees are turning their own bodies into pillars of light, are giving off the rich fragrance of cinnamon and fulfillment, the long tapers of cattails are bursting and floating away over the blue shoulders of the ponds, and every pond, no matter what its name is, is nameless now. Every year everything I have ever learned in my lifetime leads back to this: the fires and the black river of loss whose other side is salvation, whose meaning none of us will ever know. To live in this world you must be able to do three things: to love what is mortal; to hold it against your bones knowing your own life depends on it; and, when the time comes to let it go, to let it go. - Mary Oliver, “In Blackwater Woods” *** It’s a Mary Oliver kind of day. I’m trying to look slowly and quietly to see the beauty hiding in the dull grey light, the city noise, the cold. Some days are hard. https://www.instagram.com/p/CHvcTnSA7RCmA6ehleIFBgw-j2TekQiYIG2xL40/?igshid=pbndc0htwmo1

Happy 40th birthday to this guy, the best partner in life, dad, and all round amazing, generous & happy human being I know. Here’s to making our 40s the best decade so far, @stevedriscoll. (📷 taken on our trip to Iceland in February before the world went haywire). https://www.instagram.com/p/CHLBRe-A42s_aSYX1Ppu4YCgAOj_1xfSzJv6Ac0/?igshid=zjx4ydjh2p5

💛🍂🌞 https://www.instagram.com/p/CGtGP4ZAYpRjP6IYCDgTXn5V3osWKBZXSRCM6Q0/?igshid=1f60x5nxby1g3

From ugly but delicious garden tomatoes to Ottolenghi salad magic https://www.instagram.com/p/CEDHeHngdE4KkQ1vzbNDa1h8cNrSxAnObqhOlY0/?igshid=2x5xmksit497

Blue skies, deep breaths. https://www.instagram.com/p/CDAHlR5gDtyeOtFuukfjGLVPOfcw8W0EZpD28U0/?igshid=15eb8d4kqp2yr

Magic morning at the beach #pec https://www.instagram.com/p/CCj4gEtAubC0rMOiffEz3iWCBbUMmGOswK4ZYs0/?igshid=2f75qjbjpquw

Go fly a kite. https://www.instagram.com/p/CB3yga_ABJhKFtg5gMWvCyOy7Z7kLI79GJmZyo0/?igshid=1n70v7anqccmd

Happy trails with this Daddio. https://www.instagram.com/p/CBt4qOyAplP1NPTkb89PDoVrd_chTHaJelh5i00/?igshid=1ohah7lilvnhw

Rouge Valley ramblings with my people https://www.instagram.com/p/CBWsvCXg7aHQZvWZPnR5-PIt_Axpu2-5mA_MM40/?igshid=1a16jkc7d1h22