Lily Haight

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  • Eating & Drinking in Victoria

    Eating & Drinking in Victoria

    I feel like a child in a candy store in Victoria. It always surprises me how close this neat little metropolis is to our rural American life on the Olympic Peninsula. It’s just a hop across the Strait of Juan de Fuca – 35 nautical miles away, according to the internet – but when I Read more

  • Exploring Botany Bay

    Exploring Botany Bay

    Vancouver Island Adventure Part 2 – Port Renfrew to Lake Cowichan A raven croaking and trilling in the trees woke me up at China Beach campground on the second day of our motorcycle adventure around Vancouver Island. This would herald in a trend of corvids – either ravens or crows – waking me up pretty Read more

  • Chasing Fog on Vancouver Island

    Chasing Fog on Vancouver Island

    Vancouver Island Adventure Part 1 – Victoria to Port Renfrew I have always loved reading books where the main characters are on a long outdoor journey, where they have to walk, or ride horses, or take a cart or something equally midieval, to their destination many days away. They hunker down at night in the Read more

  • Summer Diary: Lessons in Slowness

    Summer Diary: Lessons in Slowness

    This summer seems to be dragging on, but in a long-days-filled-with-nothing-but-sand-and-salt-and-fresh-fruit kind of way. The slowness has been aided by a recent bout of COVID – one which has taken me longer to recover from than I’m used to. Typically, when I get sick I’m down for a day maybe two before bouncing back (or Read more

  • We Have Italy at Home

    We Have Italy at Home

    Still a bit skint from our trip to Paris, summer approaches and I am unable to scoot off to some beautiful Italian villa or island resort.  We went to Paris in March intentionally to avoid summer crowds, high temperatures, and to stay home during the prime farming season. And yet, advertising has its little claws Read more

  • A Letter from Paris

    A Letter from Paris

    God forbid we try to enjoy life, right? I think that’s why being back in Paris was such a shock to my system – my American-ness had woven its way back into my veins, despite all I do to try and hold it at bay.  Enjoying food, taking time off work, relishing in beauty and Read more