Category: Nature
How Birds Give Us a Sense of Wonder
October 3, 2023
One of the most precious gifts I received as a child was a large picture book of birds painted by the 19th century ornithologist/artist, James Audubon. It was from my grandparents in ...
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Treading on Traditional Territory
September 4, 2023
Categories: Inspiration, Nature
Last spring, I went on a field trip with my son’s grade 11 English “First People’s” class to Mac Laing Park in Comox with Dr. Jesse Morin, a local archeologist. The experience ...
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How Curiosity Makes Our Universe Expand
July 5, 2023
Categories: Inspiration, Nature
Curiosity makes us smarter and is also a quality that is essential for adding joy and wonder to our lives. Ideally we keep nurturing this curiosity into adulthood, a time when we ...
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The Richness in Connecting to Place
May 31, 2023
Categories: Inspiration, Nature
The more I notice and respond to this place I live, the more my life becomes tied to it and the richer I feel. Talking to and interacting with new and old ...
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The Surprising Lesson in "Alone"
May 1, 2023
Categories: Inspiration, Nature
This winter I watched the History Channel’s reality TV show “Alone”, where people get dropped off in the middle of the wilderness to see how long they can survive – whoever remains ...
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Do Trees Feel Time?
February 28, 2023
Walking through a forest I often think I am probably barely registering the very tip of what is actually happening there – the local language and lives of the resident plants and ...
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On Nature's Good Side at the Bowron Lakes
October 28, 2022
I was sitting at a table by myself in the Wells Hotel café, the morning after completing a family trip on the Bowron Lakes Canoe circuit, writing in my journal. At the ...
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Finding Freedom in a Tent
October 4, 2022
Many peak experiences in my life have somehow involved needing a tent. I had never actually slept in a tent until I was eighteen and I signed up for a thirty ...
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Tapping Into Creativity
June 1, 2022
It was one of those days where you feel like a walking accident waiting to happen; everything you touch either breaks, falls or doesn’t work. My accompanying state of mind was scattered ...
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Night Riding - Another Dimension to Winter
April 2, 2022
Categories: Inspiration, Nature
In the winter, night falls early. That’s when a few hardy folks pull the bucket of lights, Velcro straps and batteries out of the cupboard and start charging.
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