A desire to see a northern British Columbia town leads our traveller to take the LONGEST ferry ride ever. Can she survive 20 hours of floating tedium? Will the town meet her expectations?
Archives for July 2010
On Being the Marrying Kind
When Star Weiss’ friends asked her to marry them, that is, to perform their wedding ceremony, she was both flabbergasted and incredibly honoured. How many people who aren’t marriage commissioners or ministers actually get to say, “You may now have your first married kiss”?
Eco Fishing: Can an Environmentalist Designer also be a Sport Fisher?
On a fishing trip to wildly breathtaking Haida Gwaii, environmentalist and designer J.C. Scott ponders the ecological impact of his trip, the wind power proposed and opposed for the region, how to help crabs migrate, and how to stop offshore oil drilling if we don’t have the option of alternate sources of energy — all this while fishing in some of the world’s most exciting waters.
The Other Side of Me: The Turtle
In my 30s, I had body position I called the Turtle. I would wake up in the morning with my shoulders pulled up around my ears and my head and neck sucked back into my spine. Just like a turtle going into its shell.
How I’ve Come To Love The World Cup
The World Cup has made a convert out of this writer even though he hates sports.
A Personal Journey Part 2: My Past Life Regression
In Part 2 of A Personal Journey, Gil Namur encounters more of his possible past lives, as a poetic wanderer in a Mediterranean setting and an orphaned girl in France.
Good Time Charlie
I am looking for rocks of cocaine. I’m broke and getting broker, and all I want to do is get high. There is Jack telling me some fairy tale and watching me do this, just like two regular guys on a Saturday afternoon, just folks, sittin’ on the stoop, looking out at the neighborhood, talking football or jazz.
I Miss You, Oscar — and Lena and Ella and Joe and Niels-Henning and…
“I’m pretty sure I was born too late,” writes Ross Lonergan as he recounts his love for jazz greats like Lena Horne, Oscar Peterson, Art Tatum, Ella Fitzgerald and other members of the pantheon.
Letting My Children Pick Their Own Favourite Colours
I am not worried about the lack of sleep I will be receiving for the first few months (or years). To me it is all a part of the process of starting a new family and I look forward to the months and years ahead of watching my child grow. What I am worried about is putting expectations on my children. Let me explain…
A Personal Journey Part 1: My Past Life Regression
Have you ever had the feeling you lived before in a past life? Gil Namur decided to explore. What he discovered under hypnosis was profound and riddled with synchronicity.
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