Book Review: Dispersals, by Jessica J. Lee
Jessica J. Lee’s DISPERSALS is a tightly-written, necessary environmental history of plants from which we derive food and natural beauty.
Walking at the Estuary
Walking the Cowichan Estuary trail before it’s rewilded into an extension of the estuary itself.
Field Memories
Happy Valentine’s Day! One of the things the peer reviewers said about my book was that they wanted to see some pictures of the places … Read more
On Reading, and Reading Again
Re-reading books is a way to find new meaning you may have missed the first time around.
Book Review: Uncontrolled Flight
[Full disclosure: Frances is a friend and one of my writing accountability buddies.] Frances Peck’s first novel, The Broken Places, explored the interactions between an … Read more
It’s Finally Happening: Sealing the Deal
Yesterday I signed a contract with University of Alberta Press to publish my science memoir, Meltdown: The Making and Breaking of a Field Scientist. It’s … Read more
Walking the Labyrinth
Have you ever walked a labyrinth? How did it make you feel? What did you think about?
A Trip to the Rockies
This week’s post is all about our December trip to the Rockies. Be prepared for lots of pics!
Making a New Year Different Than the Old One
This year we burned the Christmas tree on New Year’s Eve – a fitting end to the year. What’s on the books for 2024? More writing and reading and getting outside.
Ten Best Books Read in 2023
This year I read more books than I can count and tried to pick my ten favourites. Of course I had a secondary list of favourite books (and probably a tertiary one as well).