‘Family’s always embarrassing’
I spent the past weekend in Calgary with my little brother and sister-in-law. We decided to spend a few days down visiting my aunt and uncle — themselves visiting from Montreal and staying with my parents, a very rare thing. My aunt and uncle tend to keep to Lower Canada, seeing Alberta (sometimes rightly) as […]
The Wet Coast is the Best Coast, Pt I
It’s now been just about a month since Julia and I flew to Victoria with 50 lb backpacks, lots freeze-dried food, and three litres of camping fuel. Our intent, of course, was to spend ten days hiking the 75km stretch of backcountry trail called the “West Coast Trail.” The trail was created by the Canadian […]
dot-ridiculous
I grew up with two brothers. The group dynamics of three boys in a five-person family are complicated to say the least. But we weren’t slouches. We knew who buttered our bread, and we also knew the best ways to get things out of our parents: get the youngest child to ask them. My little brother […]
… Lonely and dreaming of the west coast
Where my summer plans were up in the air before, I now know that at the end of June I will both treat and punish myself by walking 77 kilometers along Vancouver Island from Port Renfrew to Bamfield. The people at I-needtoknow.com have this to say about the West Coast Trail, and more: it’s a […]
Cycling Chic
My dear friend Sarah has started a blog which encourages women of all stripes to abandon their cars in favour of cycling. OK, that description hardly does Sarah’s blog justice. She explains in much finer prose the purpose of Girls and Bicycles (Advocating beautiful girls on bicycles in a city addicted to cars): Biking in […]