Wrapping up the winter season of backyard birding, the first winter in our new backyard. We moved to a new location this past October, and when a nature and bird lover moves from one area to another, it’s not just…
Read moreLORE - Traditions and stories, facts and fictions, a tapestry of knowledge with its origins in the anecdotes of our ancestors, evolved by our own education and experiences. Sharing the lore of our lives is a tether to our past and a unique and personal expression of our present, a part of being human.
I've been lucky to acquire the lore of a long life, my posts ebb and flow with the unraveling of hours and the tides of creative energy.
My inspiration to create is stronger than my motivation to publish. I can be fearless or fragile, performer or recluse; but when someone connects to a song or photograph, laughs or sheds a tear from my written words, that brings a larger purpose to a small endeavour.
"I should not talk so much about myself if there were anybody else whom I know as well.....I trust that none will stretch the seams in putting on the coat, for it may do good service to him whom it fits." Henry David Thoreau, Walden
The posts below drift on their own breezes. Some of them contain songs, videos or nature photography. If you'd like to explore any of those beyond the posts, I invite you to use the links to YouTube and Instagram below, or spend some time on the Listen (Music) page of the website.
If we share common interests or something here sparks your curiosity, I hope you'll consider your time well-spent and know that I appreciate it.
I can make no promises other than sincerity of effort. 😊🙏🏼 Thank you.
Sharon
Lore Posts
Time in a Bubble - Contemplating the Universe (Creative Play)
Have you ever imagined alternate explanations of the physical world, other worlds and universes, or contemplated that size is relevant within the vastness of space? One day, while photographing a simple bubble floating on the water, I focused in closer…
Read moreIs it spring yet?
Not many posts this winter, I've been busy writing poetry and the endless manuscript that's fun to work on but may forever be unfinished business, along with other wintery projects.
Some new videos for the youtube channel so hope you…
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A new year begins, catching up
How can it be 2025? It seems we have been busy and yet not a lot has changed, at our age that's not such a bad thing.
We've recorded another home studio album, still in the mixing and mastering stages…
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A Pensioner's Plea for a Physician (Parody), and a Personal Commentary on Healthcare
A long post with a bit of fun on a not-so-funny subject – Healthcare. I find it helpful to find humour in things no matter how bad they get. That’s why I created this musical parody, to lighten the emotional…
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World Wildlife Day - March 3
March 3 is World Wildlife Day, in 2024 and every year. I'm celebrating it this year with a video slideshow of some of my favourite wildlife photos (and yes, I consider insects to be wildlife). It’s primarily a slide show…
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The Summer of Ghost Pipes
Have you ever seen one of these? No! What is it? A fungi?
When I first spotted the pale, thin sprigs poking up from the leaf litter along my walking path, I thought I’d discovered something unusual. Some grew in…
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A new song! "For All of Us"
My Martin guitar turned 50 this year! It was born in 1973, the same year we went off to Acadia university in Wolfville, what a great time to be alive!
We’ve written a lot of songs together over the years,…
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Tales and Tails from the Trail - World Wildlife Day 2023
It’s World Wildlife Day, and by tradition I like to look back and post some of my favourite wildlife photos. As a nature lover with a photography hobby, my success in getting an outstanding shot of animals in the wild…
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Walking in Winter's Garden
Another Christmas past, and as we settle into the in-between days before the New Year arrives, I confess it’s one of my favourite parts of the holiday season. This is the time when a semblance of normal returns to our…
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