The North Shore Writers’ Festival at North Van City Library
The North Shore Writers’ Festival comes to town but once a year. In partnership with the North Shore Writers’ Association and the North Van City Library, I lasso it, wrestle …
Author: joanboxall
Cowichan Locavores Hit the Trail
Southern Vancouver Island locavores lollygag on the Trans Canada Trail in the Cowichan Valley.
See Joan’s article pages 6-9 with ‘Getting There’ finale.
Here’s a synopsis:
Follow Lochside Trail up and over the Saanich Peninsula to the Brentwood Bay Ferry.
…The Rule of Three: Okanagan Cross Country Skiing
The Rule of Three
Cross Country Skiing
Omne Trium Perfectum
Everything that comes in threes is perfect.
We didn’t realize we were following The Rule of Three. One never knows this ahead of time. It’s a writing rule that …
Cross Country Skiing Lucky Streak
Vancouver Skiers to Stake Lake and Larch Hills
Friday to Sunday Jan. 24-26, 2014
As Vancouver Skiers depart for some cross country skiing at Stake Lake (near Kamloops) and Larch Hills (near Salmon Arm), two distinct streaks of cloud give …
Hawaiian Culture, Kauai’s South Shore
Hawaiian Culture, Kauai’s South Shore
As a tourist, garden volunteer and longtime repeat visitor at the National Tropical Botanical Garden (NTBG) on Kauai’s South Shore, Hawaii, I’m excited about the NTBG golden anniversary year, 2014. Renewal is brewing in …
Pipelines
Pipelines as conduits and what’s goin’ through it? Does it fit, does it flow, in watery innuendo? Oil and gas, developing fast, but wait, go slow…in our own bodies, as well as in the body politic and the body democratic, …
TWS & North Vancouver City Library Local Authors’ Series
Upcoming poetry/prose readings:
Thursday, October 3, 2013
The Writers’ Studio hosts readings at Cottage Bistro, 4470 Main St., 8pm start
http://www.sfu.ca/continuing-studies/events/2013/10/tws-reading-series-jan-31.html
AND
Wed., November 27th, 2013 7-8:30pm (doors open at 6:30 for wine and refreshments)
North Vancouver City Library Local …
Mayne Island Sea Kayaking SKABC Labour Day Weekend 2013
Mayne Island SKABC Labour Day Weekend, 2013
Leader: Bruce Pickwell Review and photos: Joan Boxall
Gathering together at the newly-managed Eco-camping on Seal Beach, Miners Bay, Active Pass, Mayne Island, we meet our gang of twelve in …
Writers’ 10th Annual Summer Dreams Literary Arts Festival
Writers’ 10th Annual Summer Dreams Literary Arts Festival:
Winds of Inspiration
What was it about the wind at the Summer Dreams Festival at Trout Lake Park (aka John Hendry Park) on Saturday, August 24, 2013? Was it how it stretched …
Harmony Arts Festival & North Shore Writers: Love on the Fly
Harmony Arts Festival & North Shore Writers
Love on the Fly Through Memoir
Love on the fly you say…do tell. Well, that’s us. The North Shore Writers Association and the Harmony Arts Festival. The last day, August 11, 2013.…