Shout Out to Earth’s Wild Childs! …those who feel the call of the wild—a deep connectedness to the natural landscapes that they call home. We literally become a part of these wild scapes—we breath the oxygen provided by the trees, … Read More
Lá Fhéile Pádraig sona duit! Irish-Canadian Hart Brothers My Grandfather (Edward) and 3 of his brothers (Thomas, William, Michael)—first generation of Irish Canadians On St. Patrick’s Day I honour my Irish ancestors (I’m 1/2 Irish)🍀 They are my heroes—their courage inspires … Read More
Alaska By Sea Does Not Disappoint: glaciers, humpback whales, orcas, dolphins, seals and sea otters. Mountains of Glacier Bay, Alaska I had the thrill of cruising along the coast of British Columbia’s inside Passage and up into Alaska this … Read More
It makes little sense who will be hit hard by COVID—this is the unsettling thing about the virus. In 2020, the first COVID infection skipped my lungs and I recovered quickly. 2 years later, in 2022, a second COVID strain hit … Read More
At this very moment, I write this to the endless sound of water bombers soaring overhead, one after another, off to fight a war started by our own forestry industry against the forests of British Columbia. I remain inside, … Read More
A Rose Garden Chapter 6 July They’d left too much. The neighbourhood was blocked off. Police were letting residents back for supervised visits to their homes to collect essentials that were forgotten in the mad rush to vacate the mountain. … Read More
A Rose Garden Chapter 5 Everything was dry. Elsa’s online counseling calls dried up. She was relieved, spared from imparting positivity and wisdom that she no longer held…Elsa had dried up too. The monotony as a mountain-top prisoner … Read More
A Rose Garden Chapter 4 June “What time is supper?” Flora asked. At first glance, Flora looked concerningly sweaty and flushed, but as she walked into the kitchen, Elsa realized that her face was purposely painted pink with a glossy … Read More
A Rose Garden Chapter 3 May It was peaceful on the mountain before the neighbourhood woke. A California quail patriarch called, “Chi-ca-go,” from the fence post, as his grown family searched the yard for breakfast. Inside the maple tree, a … Read More
A Rose Garden Chapter 2 Elsa turned off the television—her constitutional evening treat: a single episode from a Scottish detective series. She tiptoed up the stairs, past the silhouette of the supper’s unwashed pots and pans, and then … Read More