Mythos & Marginalia

2015 – 2025: a decade of days

a daily breath

  • Mondays are just young Fridays

    After an absence of a week or so, Monday arrives announced like you didn’t know it would happen.

       Lost in a delightful weekend of doing exactly what you wanted, at times you simply forgot the days and date and treasured the time you were allowed.

       Then Monday morning, like right now, you come to the stark realization that the weekend is over and it is time to do what is required instead of whatever you want.

       Yes, there are duties and obligations specific to this day and you managed to put aside routine for a day or two, but didn’t you always know Mondays would arrive, as Mondays do?

       Grab a coffee (or tea) and get on with the day!

    06/03/2024                                                                              j.g.l.

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  • moderation

    And June has come, as it always does, six 

    months along, and solstice soon. A swift

    transition of time and temperature, the 

    month of balance holds longer days and 

    nights less dense, urging condign repose 

    or moderation. We move further into yet

    another year, efficiently making the most 

    of warm winds and positive vibrations. 

    Summer advocates familiar moods and

    memories. You may occasionally check the 

    rearview mirror, though June is a greater 

    opportunity for looking forward. It is not 

    what is behind you, but what lies ahead.

     

    © 2016 j.g. lewis

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  • recognizable

    The ever-shifting familiarity becomes more evident with each early morning step.

       Where I am is not where I was a few days ago but is now this day’s reality. Recognizable, like home should be. It is a pattern as much as a promise.

       Here I am walking the same route to the same coffee shop I frequent each morning. Step by step I will get there.

       Where I am is a little more obvious than who I am, yet that may change throughout the day.

    05/28/2024                                                                      j.g.l.

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  • Mondays are just young Fridays

    Admitting that it is Monday is actually confessing that your weekend has come to an end.

    I really don’t mind Mondays; if fact most weeks I like that fact that we can start all over again. Today, a little less so. 

    I’m not quite ready to snuff this break out.

    To say the past weekend was enjoyable is not enough. How else can you describe a few days in Montreal?

    Perhaps très magnifique? It seemed like more. 

    A quiet boutique hotel, galleries galore, art is everywhere.

    Montreal is a very walkable city, and walk we did. Everywhere.

    We witnessed the eras of architecture; historical places of prominence, and we walked through neighbourhoods and felt the communities.

    I need not mention the food was amazing. Every bite.

    It was with my deep dark coffee at breakfast, and another croissant, that I could feel the weekend running out. When I dropped a handful of postcards to loved ones into the Canada Post box with the Leonard Cohen illustration on the side (how Quebecois can you get?) on the way to catch my train home that I realized my weekend was, in fact done.

    Now, today is the first day leading to next weekend’s adventures.

     

    05/27/2024                                                                           j.g.l.

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  • the days ahead

    Pack lightly. 

    Carry with you only what is required.

    Leave space for memories, or souvenirs, of the days ahead.

    Enthusiasm permits you to turn a planned trip into a true adventure.

    What you will see is nothing compared to what you will feel.

    Don’t forget your camera.

    05/24/2024                                                                                    j.g.l.

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