Canadian women’s right activist, author, and jurist, Emily Murphy’s keen observation about “the colour of the air” here in gorgeous Alberta is incredibly accurate! Each weekend I have gathered evidence of this wondrous phenomenon on my back...
Yesterday afternoon the call of the open road drew me back into the sweeping, stunning Alberta prairies, this time north and west of my home in Cochrane. Just like most Saturdays since I moved west for work, I found my heart stir with the odd mixture of home-sickness...
Back in 1912, renaissance woman Mary Vaux wrote of her adventures in the Canadian Rockies: “A day on the trail, or a scramble over the glacier, or even with a quiet day at camp to get things in order for morrow’s conquest? Somehow when once this wild...
Happy Father’s Day to all the Dad’s out there, and to my Dad, Jack! As I am out on my Southern Alberta back road adventures each weekend I often think of my Dad, who would love the wide open spaces, the acres and acres of fertile ground, the field after...
Have you ever been on a long drive, listening to the radio, and actually start really listening to the lyrics of songs? On most of my Alberta Adventures I have been “in the zone” paying attention to my Back Roads of Alberta maps and, of course, the road...
Haruki Murakami, the brilliant author of such books as Norwegian Wood and 1Q84 writes in Kafka on the Shore “When you come out of the storm, you won’t be the same person who walked in. That’s what the storm is all about.” I think he might be on...
The title for today’s post comes from a scrumptious new book I picked up on my travels yesterday, called “A Tale for the Time Being” by Vancouver Island author Ruth Ozeki. I haven’t purchased a new book in such a long time and when I saw this...
Jack Kerouac understood, more than most, the magnetic allure of the open road. What is better than the intoxicating freedom of driving a long and winding road, arm out the window, eyes set on the horizon, no thoughts of glancing into the rearview mirror? I experienced...
Eloquent Lebanese poet Khalil Gibran got it right all those years ago when he described love as “trembling happiness.” Can’t you just picture that? On this Mother’s Day, I want to wish my Mum, Bobbie, a happy day filled with love back home. I...
Happy Star Wars Day everyone! But is it really May??? I took the photo above yesterday just north of Cochrane. Brrr! We actually saw a half-foot of snow this weekend but I must admit, it IS beautiful. The landscape here in the foothills of the Rockies inspires...
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