I have never felt so satisfied as when I was in Drake Bay Costa Rica.

I have swam in the Mediterranean in France and Italy and did see Rome.

The Indian Ocean in Bali was never a dream however that too was realized.

It’s Nova Scotia and particularly Cape Breton that I long for now… However I just don’t like leaving home in Toronto.Dennis Mantin

Dennis Mantin

The expansion at the mansion was a toilet bowl at best.

The plumbers plumbed and the drillers drilled and made an awful mess.

The flooding is just a memory and the cursing filled the air.

And the gutters are not working and are waiting for repair.

Dennis Mantin

Not really.

Just quit a job and I feel nothing except exhaustion.

A new road is on the horizon.

Fear not.

Dennis Mantin

I am reading my first book written by MARK TWAIN…

I have little doubt judging by the opening paragraph that his genius will spill out here into whatever it is I am doing here.

Am I Roughing It?

Dennis Mantin

It’s not just the sound of your voice- It’s not the words you choose or say- It’s not just your delusions- It’s my time you take away.

Dennis Mantin

Dennis Mantin

She leaves and I am powerless.

Every year I go through the same ordeal and this is the blessing because I have her in my life.

I fear I won’t see her again because I am not there to protect her… for I am the great i am!

I am determined to let go of these fears for they serve no purpose other than to fuel worry and I have control over so very little.

I pray and attempt faith for her safe return.

Dennis Mantin

She said, “I don’t ever think about back then… everything I’ve read on the matter suggests it’s best to be in the now.”

I realized in that moment I had been the force in this direction. No doubt driven by a 15 years absence in contact.

“I can’t change anything from back there and I don’t want to feel guilt or shame about it.”

I will keep my large dirty secrets nuzzled in the darkened silence of chitchat masks of the now and live with that, my dear.

Dennis Mantin

Dennis Mantin