03/31/2026
The day took its own path... it unfolded with a determination orchestrated well beyond us—effortless, unforced, because Life itself had decided to be generous in its very unique way.
We walked first along the river, the morning sun skipping across the water, catching in the edges of things. The currents of air and water moved thought and emotion for us like a blessing.
The crisp air chilled us and the fresh spring energy made us hangry, so we went searching for poached eggs on sourdough toast with a kind of innocent determination. But Life said: no poached eggs for you! Closed restaurants, a solitary egg in a fridge, forgotten loaves, no poached eggs after 11am at the open restaurant. And instead of frustration, there was laughter. A surrender. As if the day was reminding us: this is not about finding—it’s about moving, together.
Then the forest called us deeper in a quest for devil’s club. Two sisters stepping into that wilder edge of things, soaking up the living green. Again, the search for the object of our desire was not fulfilled. And yet… everything was given. The absence itself became part of the offering.
And the waterfalls. The air changed there. The sound was not just heard, but felt in the chest, in the bones. We sat with our drums, letting their voices rise into the roar, not competing, but weaving. Your rhythm, my rhythm—distinct, and yet somehow becoming one living pulse carried by water, stone, and breath. Ancient. Like remembering something we didn’t learn in this lifetime.
Along the path, loved people appeared as if summoned—familiar faces in unexpected places, brief crossings of energy that felt much less like coincidence and much more like quiet alignment. A beautiful thread adding to the tapestry of the day.
And through it all, laughter—light, unguarded, effortless. The kind that doesn’t come from trying to be happy, but from being it.
We ended as we began - in presence. Walking in to a new place smelling like the forest, a table laid with beautiful food, colours and textures and nourishment, shared not just as a meal but as a closing circle...