Pipelines

Pipelines as conduits and what’s goin’ through it?  Does it fit, does it flow, in watery innuendo?  Oil and gas, developing fast, but wait, go slow…in our own bodies, as well as in the body politic and the body democratic, funnel an alternative.  To provide a hopeful future, we might well ask, ‘what’s goin’ through […]

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Mayne Island Sea Kayaking SKABC Labour Day Weekend 2013

Mayne Island  SKABC                   Labour Day Weekend, 2013 Leader:  Bruce Pickwell                                                                                                  Review and photos:  Joan Boxall Gathering together at the newly-managed Eco-camping on Seal Beach, Miners Bay, Active Pass, Mayne Island, we meet our gang of twelve in eleven boats.  We plan on doing the eighteen nautical miles around […]

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Camp Fircom, Gambier Island Welcomes Sea Kayak Association of British Columbia (SKABC)

What/who:  Sea Kayak Association of British Columbia (SKABC) Destination:  Gambier Island’s Camp Fircom luxury accommodation at ‘The Cottage’ Leader:  Shirley Brunke plus nine SKABC members When:  midweek:  June 25-28, 2013 Paddlers meet up at Lion’s Bay Beach Park to unload eight single kayaks and one double, then pack gear, mostly comprising food and clothing en route […]

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Symphonic Journey: The Great Bear Rainforest Video

Symphonic Journey: The Great Bear Rainforest Video Too Great A Risk to the Environment: Enbridge Pipeline Listen to Joan’s May, 2013 blogtalk radio interview that considers ‘kicking up some spray’ in the youtubing world with a blend of word/movement/music:  http://www.blogtalkradio.com/ns-writers/2013/05/29/a-live-chat-with-poet-joan-boxall Seated in the kayak, I’ve got a feeling. I’m the conductor of my own orchestra. […]

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Be Kind to Mother Nature

Be Kind To Mother Nature Don’t miss Mother Nature’s pitch on the Enbridge Northern Pipeline Proposal.  Listen to her persuasive podcast: casting out of the pod (aka petroleum’s odourous defect).       Podcast   Mother Nature pitches her pod (petroleum’s odourous defect) regarding Enbridge Northern Gateway pipeline proposal.  Listen, watch and for rationale, go to ‘Jolly Green […]

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