October 18, 2024 The Wild North Land: A winter journey by dogsled across Canada to British Columbia, Oregon, and the Pacific by William Francis Butler Edmonton: M. G. Hurtig Ltd., 1968 (orig. published 1873) * I know what you’re thinking: another historical, ruminating, British colonialist travelogue, espousing the wonders…
May 29, 2023 Recollections about writing Capturing the Summit during the pandemic: watching the hockey practice The snow fell lightly onto my car’s windshield. Before me was the vast, dark expanse of Connaught Park. It was early morning. My son…
November 17, 2022 Lambart’s diary Of course, as a writer is waiting for his manuscript to be looked over by an editor, he can’t not stop researching his project,…
July 28, 2022 Researching the book in Banff July 28, 2022 I have to apologize for not having written very much about the progress of Capturing The Summit. I’m about to write…
March 26, 2021 Iona Island It can often be said that the most remarkable of natural encounters happen in wild settings close to urban landscapes without us fully gathering…
March 25, 2021 Terra Nova Rural Park I could see Vancouver International Airport from the parking lot, but until a large winged object starts hurdling towards the sky in a fuel-combusted…
October 3, 2020 The North Arm of the Fraser November 30, 2021 Inflation is rising, stocks are falling and more and more figures in economics are suggesting a correction or financial crash is…
October 1, 2020 Capturing the Summit September 27, 2021 Many books, articles and reports have been read and mined for details of the happenings during the Mount Logan expedition, from…
June 25, 2020 Research and Writing in the Time of COVID-19 You know what? It hasn’t really changed. But, do you also know what? It has. Before the pandemic was established, I had visited the…
September 13, 2019 Learning from Laing: how a 20th Century naturalist has influenced me It has been nearly two years since a project with a different flavour from what I had done previously began. What started off as…
January 15, 2018 The Gift of Travel When I was a little boy growing up in Victoria, British Columbia, my Aunt Alice, who lived on the other side of Canada in…
September 12, 2017 Searching For The Authentic Travel Experience This was a non-fiction contest entry that failed to get awarded anything. Perhaps because it wouldn’t have fit in a mainstream travel magazine…
May 31, 2017 I am an Everyman I’ve got to point something out. I’m a stay-at-home dad. I’m a loving husband to my wife, Laura. I look after my wonderful thirteen-year-old…
March 28, 2017 No Matter Where You Go There You Are My blog has been quiet for awhile. My apologies. I was on holiday. This was no ordinary holiday. If you’ve followed what I do…
February 28, 2017 A Watched Pot Never Boils The flu is no fun, believe me. Back at it. One thing that happens when you stop looking at your inbox is things start…
