Summer adventures in along BC’s Gold Rush Trail were truly inspiring. Breathtaking beauty, haunted landscapes, written & unwritten history, invisible allegories, tales of colonialism. All of it so educational. We visited Wells, Barkerville, Fort St. James & many other places. We drove for over a thousand miles and many, many hours & only made it […]
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Eastiside Recording Party – Dreams
The theme is dreams, the interpretations were many & varied.
End of year check-in
As I cast back through the past year and take stock of where I’ve been and what I’ve done over the past 12 months, I remember a post I wrote a couple of months back. In that post, i created a list of activities and pursuits that I missed and what to remind myself of. […]
Beyond the blue box
On the third Saturday of every month a recycling depot is set up in the parking lot of the Britannia Community Centre off Commercial Drive. It’s called Beyond the Blue Box (BTBB) and they take many of the waste items (with the exception of compost) I typically throw in the garbage. I started collecting recyclables […]
These are some things I miss…
As life gets busy and I get swept up in the ebb and flow of various projects & distractions, I took some time out to reflect on some things that I miss doing. My goal for the next year? Carve out time for these things that give me life and hope and a sense of […]
Indigenous trail & wagon road
A relatively new public art project in Vancouver caught my attention over the long weekend. To commemorate Vancouver’s 125th Anniversary, the City of Vancouver commissioned Emily Carr graduate and local artist Sonny Assu to design this street marker that was installed along both sides of Kingsway from Main Street to Boundary Road. The signs merges […]
Fine tuning
My pursuit of a musical life has led to years of striving to strike that elusive balance between necessity and passion. I can say that this balancing act has not been easy nor do I feel very adept at it most of the time. Often, I find myself swept up in the busy-ness of my […]
Ghostly walks & exploring Vancouver’s history
Spent a good chunk of a dazzling spring day wandering through the grave stones at Vancouver’s Mountain View Cemetery . We followed a self-guided walking tour on the smart phone that led us through the Fields of Honour, the Chinese section, the Infant Areas, the Firefighters section, the Japanese section, and the Fraternal Groups (Masons, […]
Time marches on
It has been over a year since I’ve mused in these pages. I’ve certainly shared micro-thoughts via Twitter and have written long form in my writing books but no web musings until today. I find myself in the midst of spring blossoms and gentle days, all the promise of the flourishing season. I’m reminded though […]