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The Mystery of Big Island (Part One)
I had other writing plans this morning, but a mystery has been unravelling in my own backyard that has piqued and diverted my interest for an upcoming summer of potential exploration. Backstory. I live near the mighty North Saskatchewan River, a twelve hundred and eighty-seven kilometer long ribbon of glacial water that flows, stretches and
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Cooking an Easy Stovetop Paella
I want to tread carefully into the waters of writing about certain foods. Food always … always, always, always… has rich cultural roots that wrap around people and their own personal and shared histories. I respect that. I write this because I am aware that some (if not all) of the recipes I make and
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Sundog
The horizon-hugging sun of autumn and spring passing through the crisp, frosty air often whistles to her a pair of trusty companions: sundogs. SUNN – dawg Simply, sunlight refracting through ice crystals in the clouds creating a lens or halo effect in the sky. Listed among my favourite words is sundog. We had finished our
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Local Adventures: Social Distancing at Spray Lakes
International travel is still something that hasn’t quite come back to normal, but fortunately we happen to live in a province of Canada that has it’s share of tourist destinations. We’re spending some more there time over spring break returning to the spot where we took our first local pandemic weekend getaway back in July