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Day 13: Higher Ground

March 14, 2019March 14, 2019 ~ Kit Vantastic ~ 5 Comments

It’s a bit of a paradox; how sinking into something can transport you to a higher place. I spent the afternoon at the Arboretum, with my macro lens. It seemed fitting, given my recent focus on going deeper. Aren’t the patterns incredible? The balance. The contrast. Light and dark. Lines and Circles. Spirals. Being among … Continue reading Day 13: Higher Ground

Day 8: Live, from the Arboretum

March 9, 2019March 9, 2019 ~ Kit Vantastic ~ 3 Comments

Sue met me in the parking lot of the Boyce Thompson Arboretum, and before we could finish proper introductions we are caught in some kind of desert-spell. My travel guide points over my shoulder mid-sentence, and we pivot to witness a large Saguaro, it’s small root ball hanging vulnerably below, in the bucket of a … Continue reading Day 8: Live, from the Arboretum

Falling in Step

July 29, 2018July 29, 2018 ~ Kit Vantastic ~ 4 Comments

As soon as I knew I was moving to Cape Breton, I did the obvious and joined a week-long step-dancing program. OK, maybe it wasn’t the most obvious thing to do, but it felt like the most important. So much so, I didn’t even take time to consult my brain or hip, who both had … Continue reading Falling in Step

Here Lies the Slow Food Road Trip

July 22, 2018 ~ Kit Vantastic ~ 22 Comments

The Slow Food Road Trip had some health issues from the get-go.  I had a hard time leaving family to hit the road again. I’d been away a year; I missed them and they seemed to miss me too. I had a garden insisting to be planted in Ottawa; it felt unusually urgent my son have kale. It … Continue reading Here Lies the Slow Food Road Trip

This Vantastic Life: The Accidental Vortex

March 12, 2018 ~ Kit Vantastic ~ 8 Comments

If you’ve been following my Sedona “mini-series” you know I worked on “letting Sedona come to me” rather than curating the experience; letting go of expectations for that Sedona energy thing. I need to finish my story now. Because, although it took a bit of time, Sedona did arrive. For three days I stayed in … Continue reading This Vantastic Life: The Accidental Vortex

A Month in a Minivan: Day 22

February 23, 2018 ~ Kit Vantastic ~ 3 Comments

Anxiety is whipping around me like a strong Arizona wind, of which I now have first-hand knowledge. Instead of running away, I try to lean into it. As if it were a gentle breeze, and I a bird who could float on top of it, without being swept away into the up-current. It’s a strange … Continue reading A Month in a Minivan: Day 22

A Month in a Minivan: Day 16

February 17, 2018February 20, 2018 ~ Kit Vantastic ~ 6 Comments

”Courage is Fear that has said it’s Prayers”  A lovely woman I recently met in a dog park wrote those words to me after reading one of this month’s posts. You know how some words fly by us, and some “stick”? I used to say that to my doctor - that I had “sticky thoughts” … Continue reading A Month in a Minivan: Day 16

A Month in a Minivan: Day 14

February 15, 2018 ~ Kit Vantastic ~ 5 Comments

If you’re looking for Love, you find signs of it pretty much everywhere. It probably doesn’t hurt if it happens to be February 14th either. Last night, pulling into the BLM area south of Havesu for the night, it was pretty dark, and I had the regular flutter of anxiety about my chosen parking spot. … Continue reading A Month in a Minivan: Day 14

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