June 13, 2010 Sat down fixin’ to work this morning. Things to write. Put Billy Joe Shaver on the box and got after it. Pretty soon I’m leanin’ back in my chair, feet up on the desk, eyes closed. Ain’t no words comin’ from me. Billy Joe seems to have them all. Oh hell, it’s […]
Girl Meets Canada: Follow the Yellow Brick Road
The ongoing story of a girl and her van on an epic journey across Canada. …or the Yellowhead Highway… Day 7 (Sun, May 16) I was up in Terrace, BC, maybe 11 years ago. Actually, I was about an hour North of Terrace, in a tiny hippy community called Rosswood, for a music festival. It […]
If Today Were Your Last Day On Earth, What Would You Say?
If today were your last day, what words would you say to strangers? What words would you say to the people you love? Too often we speak as though we will live long enough to say sorry, but none of us knows how much time we have here.
Tarmac Meditations #17 — Lace Up
A runner tries to find the energy and motivation for an early morning run.
Antarctic Odyssey
George Burden isn’t the first physician to visit Antarctica but he is one of the few privileged to visit this remote and stunningly beautiful continent. There was even the chance for an quick and icy dive with penguins in water of 1.8 degrees Celsius.
Lavender
It reminded her of an old boyfriend. It proved incredibly hard to grow. But Hippy Urban Girl soon learned that she had underestimated the trickster of gardens — lavender.
For the Love of Cheese
“How can one possibly govern a people who make 246 cheeses?” General de Gaulle is supposed to have asked. In few places on earth is cheese as celebrated and revered as it is in France, and one of the highlights is cheese from Pont l’Eveque.
Tarmac Meditations #16 — Sunday Morning
A runner who who craves a lazy Sunday morning finds the world if full of reasons to get out of bed. And some of them of good ones.
Before You Hit Send: Three Ethical Myths about Company Policies and E-mail
What are the myths and facts surrounding company email policies. Phyllis Wilson cautions you to make sure you know what’s what before you press send.
Girl Meets Canada: The Longest Ferry EVER
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?
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