August 19, 2025 For the past week or two I’ve been sticking close to home, reacquainting myself with some of the hikes around the...

A family cat-sitting commitment took us on a twelve-day visit to Vancouver and the Lower Mainland this month. Between social engagements,...

April 20, 2023 I thought I’d find bluebirds in the old, now long-abandoned Doukhobor farmlands of Blagodatnoye (Bla-ha-dat-nya is how...