Margaret Atwood writes “What breaks at daybreak? Is it the night? Is it the sun, cracked in two by the horizon like an egg, spilling out the light?” This past week I was the lucky one to witness daybreak, that cracking of the egg, at wonderful, magical...
Irish author Josephine Hart writes “There is an eternal landscape, a geography of the soul; we search for its outlines all our lives.” Yesterday, as I drove down a now familiar stretch of road between Bragg Creek and Black Diamond, Alberta, I found myself...
As I sit in my cozy little apartment in Cochrane, watching the fluffy blanket of snow gradually thicken outside, I can’t help but think warm thoughts of my day of adventure yesterday at The Banff Mountain Festival. This day has long been in my calendar as...
On the way home last weekend from a Vagabond Photography adventure to Writing on Stone Provincial Park, I found this recently harvested wheat field dwarfed by an enormous, blue, staggeringly beautiful Alberta sky. I was amazed. And profoundly moved, as happens on many...
In a week where terrorism visited Canadian soil, forcing Canadians to question their safety perhaps for the first time, Martin Luther’s quote stands out as a challenge to all of us: “Darkness cannot drive out darkness: only light can do that. Hate cannot...
Author George R.R. Martin’s full quote goes as follows: “A reader lives a thousand lives before he dies…The man who never reads lives only one.” The past two days I was fortunate to find myself working at the Special Education Conference held...
“For each new morning with its light, For rest and shelter of the night, For health and food, and love and friends, For everything Thy goodness sends.” – Ralph Waldo Emerson Happy Thanksgiving dear readers! As I stared out in awe at the breathtaking...
Today I have some good news to share! As many of you who follow my weekly Vagabond Adventures know, I have been enjoying a one year contract in stunning Alberta with my company, Pearson Canada. This week I learned that I will be moving to equally stunning British...
Ansel Adams has long been one of my favourite photographers. I love the simplicity mixed with awe in each spell-binding, stark, black and white still. What I appreciate even more is his ability to eloquently put into words his philosophy behind his work. Let me share...
Susan Sontag’s wonderful quote was on my mind yesterday as I headed out the door for another Vagabond Photography Adventure. As the days grow shorter and colder, I find myself referring back to my “Alberta Bucket List” of things to see and do before...
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