Paddle to the Sea.

Paddle to the Sea. illustration by Holling Clancy Holling. Houghton Mifflin Company, Boston 1941

'You, Little Traveller! You made the journey, the Long Journey. You know the things I have yet you know. You, Little Traveller! You were given a name, a true name in my father's lodge. Good medicine, Little Traveller! You are truly a Paddle Person, a Paddle-to-the-Sea!'

I reflect on the nature of Journey. I was strongly, profoundly influenced by the writing and illustrations of this man Holling Clancy Holling and his wife Lucille.

The nature of The Journey has emerged for me throughout my life to reveal the metaphor so lovingly woven into the fabric of this timeless story. I think of my Children that I have released into the world, the way in which their achievements come back to me like miracles to show me that one man alone cannot know and do everything.

Paddle to the Sea. illustration by Holling Clancy Holling. Houghton Mifflin Company, Boston 1941

These two images of Paddle to the Sea are from the book by the same name by Holling Clancy Holling.

I acquired a second Coleman canoe that will be named "Paddle to the Sea" in honour of the legacy left to me by Holling and Lucile.