Hi there. I am almost to the end of my crazy September. I’m looking forward to catching up with a lot of things, and will be back with a longer post soon. Work has been taking up all the big chunks of time, but I’ve been sneaking in little projects, like the mini sewn books [...]

I heard an interview recently in which someone was explaining that artists tend to be drawn to peninsulas and islands because of all the light that reflects off the water. I had never thought of places near the water as having “more light” relative to other places, but maybe there is some truth to it. [...]

Our first trip to Jasper was a whirlwind tour with a motel stay a couple of years ago. I think our wildlife sightings amounted to one elk on the roadside at dusk. This time we camped at the Whistlers campground, which is home to a herd of elk. In May and June the elk are [...]

One of the things I enjoy about living in Canada is that you get to learn the French-Canadian translations for everything. Food packages, governmental agency names, and all kinds of signage appear in both official languages: English and French. I love discovering vocabulary I never acquired in high school French (s’mores, for example, are called [...]