Between Our Steps: Leafing Out

A personal reflection on the changing seasons along the shore, exploring how spring's gradual arrival transforms the forest—revealing damage, concealing movement, and offering a sense of shelter.

Photo by Vivaan Trivedii on Unsplash

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When I first got back to the shore in early May, the lights of the Meaford land forces training centre blazed. They are miles away across open water, beyond forest and farmland, but the trees were bare of leaves. The lights shone as bright as in mid-winter.

A couple of weeks later, I awoke to cat…