From the BC Knowledge Network, I received the link to ‘Heartbeat – still going strong’.
A classic British comedy series, it is about the lives of the Aidensfield and Ashfordly townsfolk.
This week, I have been investigating real estate in Haida Gwaii. We lived there in 2015.
My first discovery was that the village of Queen Charlotte has been renamed; it’s Haida name is Daajing Giids.
The second discovery was that of my blogs from that time, on the GoGeomatics website.
- Local Action and Geomatics: the Gowgaia Institute on Haida Gwaii. This includes an interview with John Broadhead.
- Landscape and language: Haida Gwaii.
It feels like it is time for a return visit to the West coast. Both blogs appear relevant today. I wonder what has happened at the Gowgaia Institute.
On the reading front, I have two new books. In New Glasgow, I picked up Back to the Forest.
In this case, the forest referenced is the Forest of Dean. It describes the move of a young family from the suburbs of London to the West Country at the end of the Second World War. About the time that I was born. It is a sequel to A Child in the Forest; both written by Winifred Foley.
The second book, Heather found at The Bookman in Charlottetown, The Tao of Inner Peace by Diane Dreher.
It adapts the ancient principle of Tao to today’s world by showing how to integrate the many facets of everyday life to create a balanced, dynamic harmonious whole. In particular, I am interested in the subject of mindfulness.
’Without the active yang of career commitment, life becomes too yin for many retired people. They need to find new interests, new challenges.’ p.32.
’When we take time to live more consciously, we don’t react mindlessly to our environment. Our days are filled with active choices, balancing the current of yin and Yang into greater harmony.’ p.33.
While reading about Scott Fitzgerald, I noted that one of his four books is entitled This Side of Paradise. That’s exactly where we are today. Perhaps better known by Fitzgerald is The Great Gatsby. Fitzgerald lived from 1896-1940.
Acknowledgements
Support from Heather and the families of Patrick, Andrew and Laurel. Edward added the graphics.
References
BC Knowledge Network, Heartbeat, Still going strong.
GoGeomatics blogs
Winifred Foley, 1981, Back to the Forest, MacDonald and Co.
Diane Dreher, 2000, The Tao of Inner Peace, Plume, Penguin Group.
Ernest Blair Experiment 