June 2023

Still Looking Back

After almost a month back in Vancouver, I’m bedding in. It’s been a beautiful early summer, the catalpa leaves, always the last trees to leaf in the West End, now at full size, the horse chestnut blossoms fallen, turning from pink and white to brown, littering the pavements. A few years ago, I’d take unqualified delight in such weather. Now, with climate change, I always feel a hint of anxiety.