This lone tree has caught my attention on many occasions. Each time I think to myself, “I really should take a picture of it.” Earlier this week as I pulled into a parking lot, I noticed some coyote tracks. Following them, I felt this sense of purpose and wonder. The tracks took me through the…
“There are always dark periods in each of our lives, and even if things are good now (‘summer’), we must always be prepared and ready for a dark period when events turn against us (‘winter’)”. These are the sentiments of George R.R. Martin, the novelist who wrote the “A Song of Ice and Fire” novels,…
Around 1.30pm on August 14th every part of me froze. Paralyzed with fear, I stood there on top of a narrow Moraine Ridge nearing Iceberg Lake in Banff National Park, with a nasty wind gust, believing my life was over. Behind me I could hear a reassuring and calm voice, but I couldn’t hear what…
