Breakfast at the COVID garden
Storytelling, Writing / November 9, 2020I’m taking a class at UBC to refresh my freelance writing skills. I haven’t written a query letter or feature article in years, so it’s…Read On…
Category: Storytelling
From the archives: a conversation with Ann Marie Fleming
Art, Film, Storytelling, Writing / October 14, 2020This article originally appeared on Northernstars.ca Delight ensues the moment Ann Marie Fleming opens the door to her bright blue house in East Vancouver. She pours…Read On…
The Good Work Society
Events, Storytelling, Web / April 28, 2019*All photos by Maxine Bulloch of the Good Work Society I first heard of this growing collective through Pieter Schouppe of Plant a Flag after…Read On…
The Late Bloomers Collective
Events, Film, Storytelling, Writing / April 3, 2019The misty spring rains have returned to Vancouver and the cherry blossoms, magnolias and tulips are blooming en masse. Serendipitous timing for the first Late…Read On…
Friending the Fog
Book, Storytelling / January 14, 2019It’s an exquisitely foggy morning in Vancouver. Mist softens the edges of trees, buildings, even the water line of English Bay. The urban landscape feels…Read On…
How I’m Bringing it in 2019
Book, Film, Health, Storytelling, Writing / January 2, 2019Greetings and happy new year. If that’s your thing. I have mixed feelings about it. The holidays can be a highly fraught time and so many of us feel the pressure to emerge on the first or second day of the calendar year with a plethora of resolutions.
Back to School Book Report
Book, Storytelling / August 23, 2018This is the first in a monthly series of reading roundups. I’m excited to share what I’m discovering and how it’s influencing my writing and…Read On…
On Grit & Tenacity
Storytelling, Writing / August 12, 2018In early 2001, I was lying on a beach in Bocas del Toro, bored out of my palm tree. Sweating profusely in the Panamanian heat,…Read On…
Praise for The Orange Lamphouse Studio
Storytelling / July 30, 2018Mid-summer is the ideal time to slow down and unplug. Lay off social media and dangle heated feet in salty water. I’ve been indulging in…Read On…
Life Lessons from a Burning Man Ranger
Art, Storytelling / June 25, 2018When I first met Claire Roberts, I was struck by her measured and articulate demeanour. As peers in the EMBERs small business program, there were times when conversations between the eight of us at the table could get fraught, but I never saw her lose her cool.
Inconceivably Predictive. Also, Wonderful
Film, Storytelling / February 23, 2018How I managed to walk this earth for 50 years without watching My Dinner with Andre I simply don’t know. Thanks to Melanie Friesen of…Read On…
On Goosebumps, Belonging & Hope
Storytelling / February 20, 2018As February lurches on with a brittle cold snap, I’ve been resisting the urge to hide under the covers and pray for the supple breezes…Read On…
Viscerally Awkward (and so flipping good)
Storytelling / February 13, 2018February in Vancouver is weird. The sky feels too close and the rains are cold and mean. It’s not the friendly drizzle of autumn or…Read On…