Traditions Both Tribal and Personal: Stories From Montreal
I thought I’d finished with Montreal Christmas stories in the previous post, but I forgot this: It begins with singing, …
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Winter in Montreal
Of course all that follows is pre-Covid. There was no Christmas in Montreal in 2020. My feet are killing me. …
An Ode to Vancouver’s Fraser River
We’re there a lot in the spring and summer, this enchanted land right in our own backyard. Even in the …
Vancouver’s Granville Island and Commercial Drive
There’s something magical about Granville Island; something so magical, so enticing, that, during pre-covid times it attracted 10.5 million people …
A #covidbubble Christmas
Unknowingly we’d begun to lay the foundation in April. Don and I returned from Malaysia on March 21st, just squeaking …
Saturna Island: unspoiled gem of BC’s Gulf Islands
3-10 July 2019 Saturna Island, BC. We’d walked the nearly two kilometres in from the road, passed through the backcountry …
A Tale of Two Seasons – summer and fall on Vancouver Island
3-6 July and 22-25 Oct 2019 Sitting on the ferry carrying us across the Salish Sea to Vancouver Island I’m …
Spectacular Whistler – a #covidbubble escape
11-14 August 2020 So the five of us are sitting around on some bleachers in the shade, intermittently watching a …
Wild Majesty: Pacheedaht Beach and Botanical Beach on Vancouver Island
24 October 2019 It is bigger than Belgium, much bigger than Crete, about the same size as Taiwan, and nearly …
The Colours of Joy – Vancouver Pride Parade 2019
Warning: naked butts and boobs ahead. It’s Pride month! Gay pride was not born of a need to celebrate being …
Best. Summer. Ever. Vancouver when the sun shines.
June-July 2019 Warning: naked butts ahead. It was the best summer of my life. Well one of the best. I …
*The Earth Laughs In Flowers – some joy in the time of corona.
If we could see the miracle of a single flower clearly our whole life would change. Buddha In 1950 one …
Birds Of A Feather – The George C. Reifel Migratory Bird Sanctuary
They are there when you first walk in, just a short distance down the path from the entrance building. Dozens …
A Blue And Green World: Cowichan Days on Vancouver Island
The Coast Salish First Nation, the first people to live there, gave the place its name. They called it Quamichan …
