Specializing in Weddings on Vancouver Island and the Gulf Islands, B.C. Canada
Really Feeling It Now
One week left for me to be here on the fair isle, before departure for the east. Autumn is distinctly in the air; maple leaves are turning yellow, the mornings are quite cool and dark until 6:30, the critters are busy busy busy gathering winter stores. We see the evidence on and around our hazelnut…
Continuing the Thread
In my last post I ended off by saying, “may this year be the change we wish it to be.” I am inspired to expound on this, while at the same time dreaming up how I will address our Hayom congregation this year, for the first time since 2019 in person. As a part of…
Labour Day on the Way
Here we are looking at the end of August; warm summer beach days giving in to autumn colour and a change in the angle of the sun, giving a golden cast to the late afternoons. Last night we drove home along the eastern shore looking at a rainbow sherbet sky of red, yellow and lilac. …
Spreading My Celebrant Wings
On July 16 I finally got to ply my Celebrant credentials and marry two islanders, Pat Rousseau and Peaches Grant, now Rousseau. The ceremony was held on a property overlooking Hinton Beach and Baynes Sound, the Beaufort Mountains providing a dramatic background. We were so lucky to receive a calm evening, gently overcast but quite…
The Epic Month of July
Here I am on this last day of July, 2022. Today has been a day of heat avoidance and eating a lot of strange foods…go figure, heat usually saps one’s appetite. Perhaps it is the emotional fall out of being on the other side of Cosmic Gathering. Cosmic Comedown? For Bruce and me it…
The Shaman’s Rattle
Here I am, days away from embarking upon my ten day retreat, receiving the teachings of the Tree of Light, going into something so totally different from my present reality. Today is the third day of no coffee—that is strange in and of itself. My brain is trying to adjust to that lack of stimulation,…
Summer Has Arrived
Happy Solstice everyone! Today, June 21, marks the longest day of sunlight in the northern hemisphere. Celebrations abound in many places, including right here on our fair isle. Today is a dear friend’s birthday, and I am off soon to partake of a party that includes Laughing Yoga, feasting, being sung to and dancing. What…
What’s in a Name?
How we relate to our given names is an interesting relationship. I love my names, first and middle, Lee and Andra, and have always responded to them being used together as they have been throughout my life. Apparently my parents had a very hard time coming up with a name for me, their first child. …
The World Card
As a card of general advice consider the World’s theme of completion: ask yourself, “What do I need to be a complete human being, whole in body, mind and spirit?” In a layout the surrounding cards may suggest the other elements that need to be brought in and integrated into one’s life. It’s time to…
Keeper of Secrets
It is a privilege for someone to share confidences with you. In a small community where the catch phrase is, “If you haven’t heard a good rumour by noon, start one”, keeping a credo of “Mum’s the Word” is sacrosanct. As a reader of Tarot among other scenarios, many personal and intimate things are shared…
It’s Getting COSMIC Around Here
It feels like some kind of Cosmic magic that our every five year gathering should be coming around this summer, 2022, and not have been another covid casualty. These gatherings began in 1987, thirty-five short years ago, and have happened every five years no matter what! Even Bruce’s and my separation didn’t stop the event,…
The Spell is Broken
At long last, after what seems a crazy long time, I have been engaged to perform a wedding. My friends Pat ( http://Bigcoastmarineadventures.com) and Peaches (yes, that is her birth name) want me to officiate at their ceremony on July 16. The setting couldn’t be more beautiful, Hinton Beach at the south end of Denman. …
State of the World
It sure ain’t easy commenting on the state of the world these days. My friend sent me a text last night quoting someone (I don’t know who) saying, “Do you ever get overwhelmed by how our real world is a genuine dystopian nightmare but everyone just keeps acting like it’s normal?” Yes, yes indeed, yes…
High on Harmony
It’s been a beautiful Sunday today, partly sunny and very comfortable to be outside. Mayvember may be slipping into an April-like feeling. What a relief! Maybe our vegetable plants will finally begin to grow. Everything is way behind due to the chill of these weeks. The Swainson’s thrush has just returned though, right on time. …
Market Time
The merry month of May also means it’s Market time for me. A few vendors termed “The Hardies” attend the market all through the winter and are the stalwarts of our Saturday market. I personally need a break from constantly thinking about food logistics, which occupy WAY too much mental real estate in my poor…
Merry, Merry Month of May
“This is the time when sweet desire meets WILD delight. The Maiden of spring and the Lord of the waxing year meet in the greening fields, rejoicing together under the warm sun. The shaft of life is twined in a spiral web, and all of nature is renewed. We meet in the time of flowering…
Signs and Omens
Get up in the morning and start looking for omens…..One of the great joys of life is synchronicity, when you feel the Universe speaking to you through its many means. You are thinking of a friend and the phone rings….or even better, there’s a letter in the post! You are wishing for a treat and…
Grounding and Anchoring
We certainly live in “interesting times” as the Chinese curse goes. When speaking with friends the consensus is we are a bit discombobulated, spaced out, wondering what the hell is next, and in general, dislocated from whatever our “normal” was. Between Covid, the climate crisis, wars all over the globe and extreme polarity between people…
My Morel Compass is Spinning
Yuuuummmmmm! April is morel mushroom season. For many of us mycological miscreants morel mushrooms are the most delicious of delicacies. At the end of March I begin looking for the distinctive convoluted conical elf’s cap. Whenever I find one the shot of dopamine my brain releases is as delicious as the flavour of the mushroom…
Hot Sex
If you are a human bean and not an AI device I now have your attention. Am I right? My web advisor, whom I’ll call “Terry” as I have not asked him if I may divulge his name, has assigned me the task of writing and posting, writing and posting, then write and post some…
Celebrant Lee Andra Jacobs 