Author Archives: Peggy Pilkey
A Dog’s Life in Haiku
Our family dog Bud–now departed–would often spend hours lying beside the pond where he would observe our resident frog, turtle, and goldfish. His eyes told me all I needed to know–that he was feeling the deep joy and love for … Continue reading
Posted in Poetry, Solitude
Tagged Golden Retrievers, Haiku, Meditations, Nature Poems, Pond-Life, Reflections
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Achieving the Impossible
While browsing my digital photo albums, I came across these pictures and others like it within my annual folders. These images, showing off the skill and patience of my eldest son Ken, speak to me about life and how we … Continue reading
Posted in Creative Writing, Miscellaneous Musings, Musings, Personal Reflections
Tagged Balance, Focus, Life Goals, Motivation, Rock Balancing, Writing
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Identity and Place, A Reflection
“Friendship is born at that moment when one person says to another: “What! You too? I thought I was the only one.”― C.S. Lewis “Third culture kid” (TCK) is a sociological term coined by Ruth Useem in the 1950s, a phrase that … Continue reading
Posted in Cross-Cultural Kids, Cross-Cultural Kids in Fiction, Third Culture Kid Literature, Third Culture Kids, Third Culture Kids in Fiction, Third Culture Kids Writing
Tagged Adult Cross-Cultural Kid, Adult Cross-Cultural Kids, Adult Third Culture Kid, Adult Third Culture Kids, Canadian Academy, Cross-Cultural Kid, Cross-Cultural Kids, Cross-Cultural Kids in Fiction, Cross-Cultural Kids Writing, Global Nomad, Guyana, Hidden Immigrant, Identity and Place, Ruth E. Van Reken, Saudade, Third Culture Individual, Third Culture Kid, Third Culture Kids, Third Culture Kids Writing
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Fly Me to the Moon (Weekly Photo Challenge: Boundaries)
When I was a child, I would look up at the night sky and imagine myself to be in the company of Peter Pan, Wendy, John and Michael, escaping to Neverland with arms outstretched, as if flying were the most natural form of transportation … Continue reading
Rainbow Colours of Lunenburg, Nova Scotia (WPC-Roy G. Biv)
When I first read the subject of this Weekly Photo Challenge, I knew that my pictures of Lunenburg, NS would provide all but one of the colours of the rainbow required to appear in this assignment. For violet, the “v” in the … Continue reading
Posted in Photography
Tagged Folk Art, Lunenburg NS, Rainbow Colours of Lunenburg NS, Roy G. Biv, Weekly Photo Challenge, WPC
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Bohemians of Spring
March 23, 2015 For those of us living in Nova Scotia, these last two months have been unusual in that we’ve had several major snowstorms. As I wrote in an earlier post, “remedies for winter blues” often arrive unannounced and unexpected; I … Continue reading
Posted in Creative Writing, Photography, Poetry
Tagged Bohemian Waxwings, Haiku, Spring, Tanka
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Fisherman’s Monument (Weekly Photo Challenge: Wall)
This one hundred foot, granite rock face in Peggy’s Cove, Nova Scotia, honours both the living and those lost at sea. Sculpted by William Edward deGarthe (1907-1983), it incorporates thirty-two fishermen, their wives and children, enveloped by the wings of a … Continue reading
Posted in Photography
Tagged Peggy's Cove NS, Photography, Sculpture, Walls, Weekly Photo Challenge, William Edward deGarthe
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Lunenburg Characters
I was quite taken by the number of life-sized, wood carvings of seafaring characters in the town of Lunenburg, Nova Scotia (Canada)–a UNESCO World Heritage Site–one of five designated as such in this beautiful Canadian coastal province. Although this photo was … Continue reading
Posted in Photography
Tagged Folk Art, Lunenburg NS, UNESCO World Heritage Site, Weekly Photo Challenge, Wood Carvings
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Butterflies in Flight (Weekly Photo Challenge: Shadowed)
Late afternoon sun coming from the direction of my patio doors, passed through a glass plate on top of my bookcase and created a shadow-image of a butterfly on the wall behind it. This was an unexpected, but lovely coincidence relating to a recent Weekly … Continue reading
M.E. Pilkey (Peggy) 