This was my home for the week. What an excellent house! For the third time in three years, I recently enjoyed one week at an overnight camp in the Kananaskis Valley.…

Loyalist Murals in Belfast – the art of propaganda I once listened to an Italian philosopher point out the obvious (paraphrased); “with the Internet, we now have access to almost…

A winter handstand by the Athabasca Glacier It is always a pleasure to be back in my beloved Rocky Mountains. I am currently sitting in the Visitor Centre of the…

Campbell River, Vancouver. Sunset on the Discovery Passage Enjoying my first few days off in months, my family and I headed to north-central Vancouver Island for some of the best…

First Nations Mural on Vancouver Island Celebrate is perhaps a bit generous. Survival is perhaps a bit harsh. The aboriginal people who have inhabited what is now ‘Canada’ – for…

San Francisco to Vancouver. Saying goodbye at Granville Market Big Trees! This is one of the most beautiful and seismically active trips in North America. Indeed while driving north we were…

Electoral reform was promised and it is expected. Traditionally I have not supported the Liberal Party of Canada, but I did lend some tepid (published) support in the last election…

Its all yellow in the heated chair! As we begin February here in the Canadian west, days are already becoming longer, although spring still feels very far away. I leave…

Look at the snow .. and all the new terrain! More powder! Silver Star’s new glades were so much fun after a fresh dump of snow. Located near the small…

Finn & Dad enjoying the late day sun, atop Mount Mackenzie, Revelstoke, BC The boys on a powder paradise! This is a shout out to Revelstoke, an architectural gem in British…