Bird-watching is the most popular recreation in America, and the Audubon Bird Count summons us every December to the Christmas Bird Count on the ‘Garden Isle’ of Kauai in the Hawaiian Archipelago. With David Kuhn, creator of the website, ‘…
Thormanby Islands, British Columbia (Sea) Horsing Around
Buccaneer Marina, on the northeast arm of Secret Cove, is a 45-kilometer drive from Langdale Ferry past Gibson’s Landing and Sechelt, on the sparkling Sunshine Coast of British Columbia. We’re headed for Buccaneer Bay on South Thormanby …
Neither Wind, Nor Wave at The Across the Lake Swim, Kelowna, BC
We see neither wind nor wave from our perch on some rocks above the start of the 66th Across The Lake Swim, which loosely parallels the William R. Bennett Bridge (or Kelowna Floating Bridge), from the Old Ferry …
Prompts, the Process of Art & an a-Musing Call to Participate
Culture Days and the North Shore Writers’ Association
Presents ‘Thanks A Lot Express-OH!’
Saturday, September 27, 2014 10-12noon
At North Van City Library, 120 W. 14th St., North Vancouver
Prompts, prompts and more prompts!
The process of art is …
North Shore Writers’ Festival: The Taming of the Literati
The North Shore Writers’ Festival at North Van City Library
The North Shore Writers’ Festival comes to town but once a year. In partnership with the North Shore Writers’ Association and the North Van City Library, I lasso it, wrestle …
Cowichan Locavores Hit the Trail
Southern Vancouver Island locavores lollygag on the Trans Canada Trail in the Cowichan Valley.
See Joan’s article pages 6-9 with ‘Getting There’ finale.
Here’s a synopsis:
Follow Lochside Trail up and over the Saanich Peninsula to the Brentwood Bay Ferry.
…The Rule of Three: Okanagan Cross Country Skiing
The Rule of Three
Cross Country Skiing
Omne Trium Perfectum
Everything that comes in threes is perfect.
We didn’t realize we were following The Rule of Three. One never knows this ahead of time. It’s a writing rule that …
Cross Country Skiing Lucky Streak
Vancouver Skiers to Stake Lake and Larch Hills
Friday to Sunday Jan. 24-26, 2014
As Vancouver Skiers depart for some cross country skiing at Stake Lake (near Kamloops) and Larch Hills (near Salmon Arm), two distinct streaks of cloud give …
Hawaiian Culture, Kauai’s South Shore
Hawaiian Culture, Kauai’s South Shore
As a tourist, garden volunteer and longtime repeat visitor at the National Tropical Botanical Garden (NTBG) on Kauai’s South Shore, Hawaii, I’m excited about the NTBG golden anniversary year, 2014. Renewal is brewing in …
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, …