Off To Explore a Mystical Forest with 1200 Year Old Trees, In a Valley You’ve Never Heard Of A quick note to say I’m off this morning in search of a mystical valley with my youngest daughters and Peter. We … Read More
Surfing Tofino, Vancouver Island, BC For me, it’s the opposite: I’m an environmentalist who feels it’s almost like an obligation to be to surfer at the same time. Above picture taken in the evening at Long Beach, Tofino, BC Standing … Read More
Balsam Root Fields Forever Each spring the mountain sides surrounding the Okanagan Valley turn gold with breathtaking wild blossoms. This is my favourite time of year. It is like living each day surrounded by small bursts of celestial, golden sun … Read More
Cathedral Grove: Land Of Giant Trees Macmillan Provincial Park, Vancouver Island This spring break, my family hiked through some amazing West Coast forests in British Columbia. Cathedral Grove is a rare section of an old growth Douglas fir/redwood cedar ecosystem on … Read More
Englishman River Falls Hike, Vancouver Island A saunter through Englishman River Falls Park, with its roaring waterfalls and moss covered giant trees, is most definitely, “…near the heart of the world.” -John Muir My family began our spring break BC … Read More
Let the hotel ghosts be a lesson to us all: For f-sake, LET IT GO! The quote in the photograph above is an important reminder for me because it is human nature to cling to things/ideas/others in the delusion … Read More
How Do You Rate Your Abilities? Are You an Under-Rater or Over-Rater? I had a recent conversation with someone who over-rated his abilities. The conversation was a little on the comical side: once he realized that he was way in over … Read More
Life Is A Dance Earth Is The Stage Choreography Is Up To You 2015 was a year on injury for me—insanely so! What does this say about the dance I am choreographing for myself? I spent the entire year nursing … Read More
Soar, Glitter In The Sun 2016 has arrived. I’d like to thank everyone whose life intersected with mine in 2015 (even the deer that charged me and attempted to head-butt me over a cliff). The joyful experiences we shared brought … Read More
A Forest Tobogganing Adventure As 2015 comes to an end, I share one simple truth that I learned this year: the forest never disappoints. The forest has taught me so much about life. I learn new things from the trees every … Read More