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Wake Up and Smell the Coffee
I awoke with the morning sun blasting through my window and my cat sitting on my shoulder. When I opened my eyes, he merely said “Meow.” Luckily I speak Cat and I knew he wanted to be fed. A quick … Continue reading
Posted in breakfast, cat, coffee, ESL, perfect moment, preparation, relaxation, students, sun, sunrise, teaching, work, working from home
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Unfamiliar
There’s this tree. It grows on someone’s corner lot not too far from my house. Normally, it evokes no other response than, “it’s a tree.” However, early in the morning, just as I peered at it, it seemed different. Its … Continue reading
Posted in appreciation, Aspirations, Reflections, Perfection, Aurora, bus, commuting, epiphany, nature, photography, sunrise, Viva, YRT
Tagged art, Aurora, bus stop, commuting, epiphany, for the first time, illustration, light, moments, photography, seeing anew, sunrise, three dimensional, Viva, YRT
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What Trumps a Beautiful Sunrise
Red sky at night, sailors’ delight. Red sky at morning, sailors take warning. I remember that line being uttered by James Garner in the movie The Great Escape. It has always stuck with me and in the morning I was … Continue reading
Posted in Aspirations, Reflections, Perfection, baking, bus, co-workers, commuting, cookies, Instagram, morning, photography, sunrise, sunset, Viva, York Region, YRT
Tagged baking, beuty, blogging, co-workers, cookies, Instagram, morning, photographs, photography, recommendations, sunrise, sunset, trumping the sunrise
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The Trees at Dawn
Today’s Perfect Moment was seeing the sunrise just begin as I walked to the bus stop. It had been a long winter and this was the first day that I boarded the bus with a small amount of sunlight. Could … Continue reading
Posted in Aspirations, Reflections, Perfection, fighting, morning, photography, public transportation, sun, sunrise, transportation, Viva, York Region, YRT
Tagged bus, dawn, fight, morning, sunrise, trees, Viva, Viva Blue, Yonge street, York Region transit, YRT
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Sunshine
I emerged from the subway with all the other lemmings, grumbling and rolling my eyes at the people having difficulty with the turnstile exit. It sure and truly was a Monday morning. Most everyone was waiting just inside the doors … Continue reading
Posted in Aspirations, Reflections, Perfection, commuting, seasons, subway, sun, sunrise, Toronto, TTC, walking, winter
Tagged brightness, earlier sunrise, Eglinton, longer days, subway, sunrise, sunshine, Toronto, weather, winter, Yonge and Eglinton, Yonge street
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Longer Days
Though I had to be reminded of it, Today’s Perfect Moment is the realization that the days are getting longer. Perhaps I did not notice because I still arrive and leave work in the dark. Today, though, I managed to … Continue reading
Posted in appreciation, Aspirations, Reflections, Perfection, lights, photography, seasons, sun, sunrise, sunset
Tagged longer days, photographs, photography, realization, sunrise, sunset
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Driving At Dusk
I have seen many movies that featured either cowboys riding off into the sunset, or loner rebels riding off on motorcycles into the setting sun. It is a powerful image and though I find it hard to explain the appeal, … Continue reading
Posted in Aspirations, Reflections, Perfection, cars, driving, music, sun, sunrise, sunset
Tagged David Bowie, driving, dusk, Good Riddance, Green Day, magenta, orange, red, sunrise, sunset, Sweet Jane, the Velvet Underground, thoughts, Ziggy Stardust
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On the Rebound
I seem to be bouncing back quickly from the cold I’ve got. The brutal sneezes have stopped and the congestion seems to be tapering off. Most importantly, my whole body doesn’t ache when I do the simplest of things. Of … Continue reading
Posted in Aspirations, Reflections, Perfection, illness, morning, photography, recover, sunrise
Tagged fog, illness, morning, photo, photography, rebound, recover, sunrise
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Possibilities Unwritten
I left my house early this morning. I was running late (probably because I was checking my phone when I should have been drinking my coffee and stuffing my yogurt into my lunch bag) and felt very unsure of making … Continue reading
A Sunrise Gift
On Friday morning, not having taken the early morning bus for quite some time, I was given a beautiful surprise. I looked up from the book I was reading, which had been quite engrossing, and was greeted by the beautiful … Continue reading
Posted in Aspirations, Reflections, Perfection, bus, commuting, morning, photography, pictures, public transportation, sunrise, Toronto, transportation
Tagged bus window, colours, commute, commuting, hues, photograph, pink, sunrise, Toronto, Yonge street
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