by suzukiwebmaster | Feb 25, 2021 | Book Reviews, Personal Reflections, Recent Posts
British Columbia in flames: stories from a blazing summer by Claudia Cornwall Harbour Publishing Ltd | 2020 | 289 pages Fires have always been an integral part and process of British Columbia’s forests for as long as mankind has occupied and traversed the land. The...
by suzukiwebmaster | Feb 8, 2021 | Intergenerational Story Project, Pandemic response, Personal Reflections, Recent Posts
by Graham Rawlings I feel proud that the Australian State of Tasmania has recently declared itself 100% powered by renewable electricity. What a break-through, hopefully to be followed by many other jurisdictions in due course. Tasmania is unique in that it has a...
by suzukiwebmaster | Jan 31, 2021 | Personal Reflections
by Lillian Ireland Does it kind of feel like Groundhog Day when the days just seem to spin? A week, a month, a year, repeat; seems like the beginning again! This treadmill that we’re running on has left many people in tears, continually picking up pieces while facing...
by suzukiwebmaster | Jan 29, 2021 | Personal Reflections
by Jill Schroder “When day comes, we step out of the shade…” is an excerpt from Amanda Gorman, the youth Poet Laureate’s contribution at the Biden-Harris inauguration. This phrase landed with me and then rippled out. It does seem like we are stepping out of the shade...
by suzukiwebmaster | Dec 30, 2020 | Personal Reflections
by Lillian Ireland “To laugh often and much; to win the respect of the intelligent people and the affection of children; to earn the appreciation of honest critics and endure the betrayal of false friends; to appreciate beauty; to find the beauty in others; to...
by suzukiwebmaster | Dec 30, 2020 | Green Perspective, Personal Reflections
by Erlene Woollard One might well wonder why I would bother taking such a photograph during this pandemic when our craving for beauty and positive distraction is so great. However, as I walked towards our still beautiful live Christmas tree waiting in our back alley...
