Archaeological sites expose layers of deposits buried through geologic eras. The cultural artifacts and natural sediments that form each level or strata offer a snapshot of a single place through changing time. But what about our own strata of past experience? What if the adventures, sorrows and trials we encounter as we move through our […]Read Post ›
I learned over a decade to appreciate the subtle beauty of British Columbia’s more northern interior regions. But arriving on the coast recently is a little like landing in the middle of Beethoven’s Victory symphony at its crashing height. The landscape here commands attention; expects reverence. Coming to a standstill with the shorebirds on the […]Read Post ›
I have a little clay pot from Zimbabwe, from a quiet farm north of Harare where I long ago strolled through the trees among stone statues carved by Henry. The farm was called Tengenenge – “The Beginning of the Beginning” – and it happened to be located on the ‘Great Dyke,” the source of a […]Read Post ›
I saw a recent post by a New Yorker who had made a vow to take a photograph every day for the rest of his life. I found something compelling about that thought. Not so much the bravado of setting himself a rigid task – and being so public about it – but because: why […]Read Post ›
It’s considered one of the top 25 toughest running competitions in North America. The knee knacker takes 200 runners across nearly 50 kilometres of the North Shore mountains – and frog marches them through 16,000 feet of elevation gains and losses. Karl, a lifelong runner, is entered for the upcoming July 7 race; his name […]Read Post ›
When you round the corner at Cariboo Dam on Burnaby Lake, as my sister and I typically do on our early morning weekend walks, you come to lilipad land where the ducks dabble and the water’s face is covered as by a veil of lace…It’s a delight to see. But when the patterns are repeated […]Read Post ›
