Come with me to the Khutzeymateen
K’tzim-a-deen is the “Valley at the Head of the Inlet” (Coast Tsimshian)
In, around and beyond our village
K’tzim-a-deen is the “Valley at the Head of the Inlet” (Coast Tsimshian)
Through shadowed streets beneath flickering trees
Pulled away from a restful night and packed in
Travelling past pock marked promenades and empty playgrounds
The disco spin closes in our enclosed tin
Being in Gatineau Park sometimes draws me back to Phoenix Park, a more urban green space, next door to my childhood home.
My granny’s name is Fenny because she comes from Fennyland.
We reach the dock and untie our shoes. Feet in, shirts off, we sink into the water and drive forward hard…
The Annapolis Valley and on to Cape Breton…
Everybody’s got to be happy. Everyone should sing
For we know the joy of life, the peace that love can bring.
The pandemic provided me with a gift in staying home…
Lest the word ‘capital’ evoke pictures of a city, I must report that Moresby had a downtown area of one block and boasted one traffic light.
Some of us in Wakefield are trying to save a local forest, a forest that’s a ten-minute walk from Wakefield’s Earle House intersection.
The royal family have managed, as they often do, to claim international headlines in recent times, but as I try to absorb the exhausting latest covid updates and marvel at … Continue reading Tea with the Queen
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