It is not property with a picket fence and a guard dog. It is a space created by relationality, constantly… Read more Home

Living on an island is a pain in the butt. For example, I have a tripod for my camera, and… Read more The Nook

There’s a round-about a block away from my house, and on one side of it, a large parking lot and… Read more The Super “A”

  The other day I saw a humpback. It arched its back slowly over the surface of the water, rotating… Read more A moment with megafauna

I aimed at the public’s heart, and by accident I hit it in the stomach. — Upton Sinclair Years ago,… Read more The horror of normal

Joseph Sagaj is Anishinaabe, a residential school survivor, and an artist. A few years ago, he took up gardening as… Read more A wall of creation and co-existence

When you drive north on Vancouver Island’s Highway 19, keep your eye out for a sign marking Ginger Goodwin Way… Read more History and a highway sign

Five, seven, five. Three lines of writing, with a precise number of syllables in each; this is haiku. In sixteenth… Read more Not a solution, but a crutch

Diana Beresford-Kroeger could have written a dramatic memoir about childhood neglect and the journey to overcome it. However, she admits… Read more A Life Story, and a Plan For Planetary Repair

In the spring of 2019, SwimBowen received registrations from two sons and a father. Event organizers were intrigued: there must… Read more The family that trains together, stays together