What if we thought the same way about life that we did twenty, ten or even just five years ago? Could we even survive as a species if our thoughts stayed the same year in and year out? From age 10 to about 35 I kept diaries and journals, missing the odd month or even […]
Author Archives: Christine Goyer-Swift
Me, Mary and a Moment
Walking into a favourite Cumberland coffee shop, a woman greeted me—enthusiastically! ‘Hi, how are you?’ she said. ‘I’m very well. How are you?’ Who is this? I must know her. Where do I know her from? I looked closer at her, her dark grey hair, dark eyes, lined face and big smile. ‘I’m so glad […]
La Que Sabe
LA QUE SABE Oh wise woman, la que sabe, keeper of the knowledge Share the visions of your world held in your heart and mind Tell the stories, sing the songs, of wisdom, soul and psyche Shake out the weeds, let down your hair, run wild like the wolves Oh wise woman, la que sabe, […]
One Step Closer
When I was 23, I created a small miracle. I took one step to change my life and a perfect sequence began. I was living in Woss (located between Sayward and Port McNeill) and had outgrown my circumstances in every way including the isolation and my eight-year high-school relationship. I knew for months I wanted […]
For Xavier
They could have told me my cousin was gay. I was 19 and it was 1982 and I was more than a little shocked. I hadn’t seen Cousin Denis — who later changed him name to Xavier — since we moved to BC when I was 9. We’d had great fun as kids, running all […]