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 ...
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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 ...
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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 ...
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Scotland: Road Trip to The North
Back in October 2018, we went to Scotland to celebrate the love of my brother and his new wife. They had their wedding celebration in Gretna Green, Scotland. What a great opportunity to road trip Scotland! As previously mentioned, driving out of Edinburgh was interesting but driving up to The North was ...
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Have the Best Seafood of your Life in Zadar, Croatia
In the spring of 2018, my newlywed partner and I were journeying along the coastline of Istria all the way south to Dubrovnik, Croatia in search of the best seafood that our money could buy. Our first meal in Croatia was in the northern Istria region in the town of Novigrad. We had some beautiful, ...
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Watercolour Creatures
January and February largely involved me curled up in my living room chair, watching all the old Planet Earth's on Netflix, while drawing and painting. I think my favourite is Blue Planet. Nope, wait a minute ... it's Frozen Planet. THEY ARE ALL SO GOOD! Here are some of the illustrations from ...
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Critical Linking: Urban Food Systems and Gardening
I discovered Ron Finley through a Lucky Peach article (RIP, you beautiful food magazine). And it got me wanting to garden. I had dabbled here and there but now I wanted to take it seriously. I spend a lot time thinking about food, reading about food, and talking about food. But not a lot of time ...
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