One of the things travel opens up is an attention to each moment. Seize the day!
Month / September 2015
The gift of travel
The world is a book and those who do not travel read only one page.
Augustine of Hippo (354-430 BC)
To the land
…which asks only that we walk gently.
Jonathan Nicholas from On the Oregon Trail
The great build
A good afternoon’s work!
Elk
Just up from the beach a herd of Elk were grazing on the dunes.
After the pounding of the ocean the stillness of their presence was good to be with for a while.
An ocean, a kite and a labyrinth
Gearhart on the Pacific Coast of Oregon.
A kaleidoscope of activity – building sand castles, photographing, paddling, walking a labyrinth, kite flying…and just watching the ocean.
Home
I bought this contemporary icon in St Paul’s Chapel at Ground Zero, Manhattan on my first visit there several years ago. It has hung in our home since then.
It is with us on our year of journeying as a reminder to us that wherever we are – we are ‘home’.
Little Free Library
We saw this outside a house near where we are staying. What a great idea for outside community centres, churches, schools or other places in many of our neighbourhoods.
Our first flag
We arrived in Portland late on the 7th of September. After a day of relaxing at Clare’s brother’s home we hit downtown this morning to do some essential jobs. By noon the chilly mist had lifted to reveal a cloudless sky and this Pioneer Square Courthouse flag.
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Everything you see
Everything you see has its roots in the unseen world.
The forms may change yet the source remains the same.
Every wonderful sight will vanish,
every sweet word will fade,
but do not be disheartened,
the source they come from is eternal, growing,
branching out, giving new life and joy.
Why do you weep?
The source is within you,
and this whole world is springing from it.
from the Gathering Place, Canberra
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