Back Country Mountain Hike – Healy Pass Trail in Banff National Park
Summer 2019 - the year we made our foray into back-country hiking. Billy was enthusiastic and excited. I was ... pensive and a bit nervous. Thankfully, Billy's enthusiasm is fed by research and my nerves are soothed by preparedness. Research + preparedness = good times in nature. We started with a 'practice trip' of a ...
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Book Club – Women and Great Outdoors
This year, I was lucky to do a few back-country hikes in Canada's national parks. Leading up to these adventures, I was doing some researching; 1) to keep me safe in the wild and 2) to tap into my inner wilderness explorer. There are some really fascinating books out there of brave women, who love the outdoors, sharing ...
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Mountain Reverence Card Set
Mountain design by Jonatan Billiau I'm a big fan of the handwritten note. Some say its a dying art but I KNOW there are lots of us out there keeping this intimate and personal way of connecting alive and well. A well-timed thank you card to a friend, colleague, or family member is incredibly powerful - a gift of self-care ...
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I Made Stickers! Watercolour Sea Creatures for All
Remember my little deep-sea creature doodles? Well, I turned them into stickers! And I started an Etsy shop. For a while, I've wanted to create my own stickers and these ones gave me a good opportunity to raise some money for a cause close to my heart - educating Canadians about plastic and inspire changes that will ...
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Indigenous History in Edmonton’s River Valley with Dr. Dwayne Donald
A couple years ago, I went on an INCREDIBLE walking tour to learn about local indigenous history in Edmonton's River Valley. It was led by professor Dr. Dwayne Donald who is a professor at the Faculty of Education for the University of Alberta. His ancestry is Papaschase Cree and also has connections to the Blackfoot. The ...
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A Short Trip to St. Louis
St. Louis wasn't a planned trip exactly... I went there for a Library conference on communications and marketing. The whole thing was an experience I wasn't totally expecting. This is an exercise from the great illustrator and writing Lynda Barry - It's called an X-page where one writes in each section what they did, ...
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What Are Some of Your Favourite Things?
I've been teaching myself hand-drawn lettering since last summer - and I've gotten some good practice with chalkboard menus selling pâté at the 124th Grand Market in Edmonton. While I've been learning, I found a great lettering website "Hom Sweet Hom". The creator, Lauren Hom, has a challenge project called HOMwork. There ...
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