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Author: Gillie

By Gillie Posted on 12th Dec 202020th Dec 2020

Seeing Red

If I had to describe Wakefield as a colour, it would be the colour red.

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By Gillie Posted on 31st Oct 20201st Nov 2020

In defence of of small beauties

small day to day experiences can hold just as much richness as visits to exotic lands, or just as much of a thrill as leaping off tall buildings.

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By Gillie Posted on 26th Sep 202026th Sep 2020

Semi-annual performance review

I’ve been asking my plants the same questions I ask my team “How are you doing?” “What do you need?”

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By Gillie Posted on 29th Aug 202029th Aug 2020

A Portable Paradise

It was there; the hushed quiet, the smell and the dappled green of the cathedral-like trees, my first sense of paradise.

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By Gillie Posted on 4th Jul 202019th Jul 2020

Picture This

By the time we were making our way home, none of us could remember why a naked photo shoot was a good idea.

Categories:UncategorizedTags: bus, Transcollines
By Gillie Posted on 30th May 202030th May 2020

Trees are my people

These are noble and sacred individuals, whose dignity invites us to look at who we are as beings.

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By Gillie Posted on 28th Mar 202028th Mar 2020

Globally sad, but locally glad

The gates on the covered bridge close

Categories:UncategorizedTags: community, covered bridge, covid-19, Eyam
By Gillie Posted on 23rd Feb 20202nd Mar 2020

Heron

He was just Heron, reminding me to keep my feet on the ground.

Categories:PlacesTags: bird, heron, Wakefield: Gatineau River;
By Gillie Posted on 19th Jan 202025th Jan 2020

Speaking in Tongues

Who hasn’t heard that cry, like something primeval calling out to lost souls

Categories:Passions, PlacesTags: language, loons, water
By Gillie Posted on 5th Jan 20209th Jan 2020

Talking Stream

Streams are connections that enable us to thrive.

Categories:Places, PleasuresTags: community, connection, stream, water
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