10 images from my mississippi mills
These are the ten images I entered in the Mississippi Mills Bi-Centennial Photo Contest. I don’t expect to win anything – there are so many amazing photographers in Mississippi…
we rode a long way, baby
“I didn’t think you’d be back,” the Ottawa Safety Council (OSC) instructor said on the morning of September 12, 2021. It was day two of the OSC M1 exit course…
14 things i’m grateful for today 22/11/07
On days that are challenging, or when I’m feeling less than stellar, I find it helpful to reflect on things I am grateful for. Today was one of those days….
country, music and cats
The black and white beauty above is my friend Judith’s cat, Oreo. Oreo is a sweetheart. Stubborn at times. But a sweetheart nevertheless. On the Sunday before Halloween, I…
last rides
The feeling of riding a motorcycle is hard to capture in words. The joy of doing so when Canadian autumn colours are at their most beautiful is impossible –…
22 riding things i’m grateful for today 22/10/09
Life has taken me to many amazing places around the world. But I never dreamed I would one day be riding roads near and far on a motorcycle. The…
for cassie & her da
As I said in another post, conversations I have with people (and sometimes the people themselves), inspire me to write poetry. When I had the good fortune of meeting…
getting to the other side
A real-life story from the autumn of 2016. *** The car headlights swept over a small body as I turned left into the unpaved cul-de-sac where I lived. A…
best friends
My mother’s room was at the end of the hall on the third floor of the nursing home. Her neighbour’s door was always open when I walked by. There…