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A perfect sunny day for another trip into Saskatchewan. My goal was to sample all the small town Chinese cafes. So far this is the first one - in Humboldt. It was an excellent choice. We shared a delux wonton soup and a Vietnamese dish consisting of shrimps, barbecued pork, chicken and vegetables on top of broad rice noodles. Everything was fresh. No taste of MSG. The surroundings clean and pleasing. #smalltowncafes #chinesecafes #transcafe #humboldt #taleswithfriendsAugust Break - Two - Two legs with feet. What we Chinese call the #11 bus. Aren’t we witty? I walk in my own two flip flops. And the two of us, Sheba and I, all in black. Life doesn’t get any better than this. #augustbreak2019 #susannahconway #two #photochallenge #taleswithfriendsI hope to win a spot with @susannahconway #dailyguidancecourse. I could use the help. #taleswithfriendsA perfect sit spot right in my own backyard. I have my cuppa, Leonard Cohen, Pena Chodron and Sheba for company. #sitspot #inmybackyard #photochallenge #taleswithfriendsAugust Break - Movement - There’s moves involved whether you’re sailing on the lake or through life. Some movements are more intricate than others. Not an easy thing going to the bathroom on or off a boat. Then there’s the climbing back aboard the boat or your life when you’ve gotten off. #augustbreak2019 #susannahconway #movement #video #taleswithfriendsAugust Break - My Hands - My hands are not pretty especially through the lens of the camera. My big knuckles and wrinkly skin are captured. But these are working hands of a nurse of 30+ years. They have hung IV bags, dispensed pills, drawn up injections, washed many bodies, wiped more than a few bums, lifted, turned, tucked, fed, emptied, filled...Now no longer a nurse’s hands, they knead dough and wash many a thing. Today they picked beans, raspberries and strawberries. They filled the raised vegetable beds with water and watered the garden. They washed the beans, prepping and freezing 2 bags and fermenting 2 jars. Needless to say, they’re a little stiff and achy in the morning. But they’re doing well. They hurt all of last year, from May to May. So Hallelujah! #augustbreak2019 #susannahconway #myhands #photochallenge #taleswithfriendsAugust Break - Picnic - Looks and sounds can be deceiving. I have never found life to be a picnic. I have had to work very hard for every inch of it. But then that’s why I value it. #augustbreak2019 #susannahconway #picnic #photochallenge #taleswithfriendsAugust Break - Number - I sit in mindfulness with Mark Williams every morning for 20 minutes. I sit with my spine erect, my head straight above my shoulders, my shoulders relaxed and squared with my hips. I sit for 20 minutes in wakefulness to each moment as it unfolds, however it reveals itself to me. #augustbreak2019 #susannahconway #number #20minutes #mindfulness #photochallenge #taleswithfriendsAugust Break - Intentions - I had a list of intentions for today. Proud I kept them before allowing myself to put my feet up. So laundry hung, dried and taken down, garden watered, kohlrabi kimchi made and Sheba walked. We’re tired. Finally lounging. #augustbreak2019 #susannahconway #intentions #lounging #taleswithfriendsAugust Break - Favourite Smell - breakfast cooking, the whole enchilada. It’s a once in awhile indulgence after a Saturday morning swim. #augustbreak2019 #susannahconway #favouritesmell #photochallenge #taleswithfriends
Monthly Archives: February 2013
DANCING WITH PROCRASTINATION AND IMPERFECTION
So it is another day. I think this must be the hardest part of winter. I am tired. I seem to say it a lot lately. That is because I am. It is a good thing I set some goals … Continue reading
RESTLESSNESS
I am restless on this 11th day into Lent. Maybe I should not have drank half a pot of coffee this afternoon. But that’s what shift workers do…coffee to keep us awake, coffee to perk us up. Then our hearts … Continue reading
SHIFTING THROUGH LENT
I’ve lost track of how many days we are into Lent. I haven’t read my daily messages from A Course in Miracles. I feel I have lost so much time shifting through my nights at work. I’m feeling as if … Continue reading
GOD’S GIFT
It is Saturday, the 4th day of Lent. Sheba is graceful enough to let me sleep in till 7:30. Hallelujah! I am tired and achy still. So what else is new? If not for Sheba, sometimes I don’t think … Continue reading
GUIDED BY THE LIGHT
In this third day of Lent, I truly feel as if I have been wandering and struggling in the desert. My body hurts from yesterday’s snow shoveling. Every muscle ache, every limb heavy and wooden. Even my mind is numb. … Continue reading
MY NEIGHBOUR’S KEEPER
Be the change you want to see. -Mahatma Gandhi I am once again struggling to be better than what I am. I am trying hard, to rise above myself, not to go where I have gone before….in judgement, righteousness, anger. … Continue reading
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INTO THE DESERT
I celebrated Chinese New Year today. There was no fireworks or dragon dances. Well, not the traditional kinds anyways. But there was plenty of other kinds of fire and nuances. Mine is not what you would call a healthy workplace … Continue reading
