This is My Cathedral

Meet Gord, a retired lighthouse keeper, full-time philosopher, and local walker. We met him below a lighthouse he once kept. Friendly fellow who enthused that Long Point cove was his “cathedral.”

And it’s easy to share in his zeal. Icebergs, breaching whales, and a sea horizon that stretched out until the thin line separating ocean and sky becomes indistinguishable.

We saw more icebergs today along with whales surfacing, blowholes announcing their arrival and then their fabulously wide tails gracefully swooping up and back down to disappear under the waves, ending the breath-held moment.

Nature’s cathedral indeed.Read more