Walk for Reconciliation – Sept 22nd, 2013

Walk for Reconciliation – photo by kele Thousands came out in the rain to walk for reconciliation on Saturday; joined with the common goal to move through our shared history and come to grips with the abuse of Indigenous Peoples in Canada. It was a moving finale of the Truth & Reconciliation Commission’s events on […]

Gold rush trail

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 […]

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 […]