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. Fran Bourassa led us in memoir writing in a two-hour workshop with credits to Sylvia Taylor. […]
Adventure Raconteur
Open Water Swimming: Lake Okanagan, Sasamat and Thetis: A Trio of Lake Swims
Open water swimming in British Columbia is a July goal with a trio of lake swims. In May, we prepare the transition from indoor pool to Kitsilano Outdoor Pool to lake, so that by the end of June, lake temperatures creep up as the snowmelt slows to a trickle. We don wetsuits to aid our speed and […]
Camp Fircom, Gambier Island Welcomes Sea Kayak Association of British Columbia (SKABC)
What/who: Sea Kayak Association of British Columbia (SKABC) Destination: Gambier Island’s Camp Fircom luxury accommodation at ‘The Cottage’ Leader: Shirley Brunke plus nine SKABC members When: midweek: June 25-28, 2013 Paddlers meet up at Lion’s Bay Beach Park to unload eight single kayaks and one double, then pack gear, mostly comprising food and clothing en route […]
Pender Island, Gulf Islands Sea Kayaking
Pender Island Sea Kayaking Environs May 17-20, 2013 A holiday weekend with the Sea Kayak Association of British Columbia (SKABC), and ferry traffic can confound, but we’ve got reservations to Swartz Bay, Vancouver Island, and from there, an early afternoon ferry gets us to Pender Island Prior Centennial Campground in time to meet some of our SKABC club […]
Cross Country Skiing Sun Peaks and Stake Lake
Early March is a good time for a British Columbia winter activity such as cross country skiing at Sun Peaks. Sun Peaks, an hour north of Kamloops, is where we take turns cross country skiing British Columbia terrain. The four-hour drive gets us there before dusk to investigate Village cuisine as well as familiarize in our […]
Cariboo Hills Nordic Skiing with Vancouver Skiers
We’re heading for some Cariboo Hills Nordic Skiing with the Vancouver Skiers. We leave the city over the Port Mann and the Mighty Fraser. Frozen farmland is waking up, and there’s a pink ribbon along the horizon. The sky brightens to eggshell. Many animal tracks crisscross the trails. What are they? Rabbits? Deer? Moose? Where […]
Symphonic Journey: The Great Bear Rainforest Video
Symphonic Journey: The Great Bear Rainforest Video Too Great A Risk to the Environment: Enbridge Pipeline Listen to Joan’s May, 2013 blogtalk radio interview that considers ‘kicking up some spray’ in the youtubing world with a blend of word/movement/music: http://www.blogtalkradio.com/ns-writers/2013/05/29/a-live-chat-with-poet-joan-boxall Seated in the kayak, I’ve got a feeling. I’m the conductor of my own orchestra. […]
Having Being
Having Being’ Parts I, II & III stem from cultures’ creative contemplations: how we got here, how we interact, how we choose to be versus have. Being trumps having. Joan rollicks in verb conjugation rhythms which are laced throughout. ‘Instill and till those verses’. ‘Having Being’ evokes a dervish dance uncoiled to find our kernel.
When Will I See Myself?
When will I see myself As I truly am? Stripped down semblance; Serene, composed, tranquil. Turn, spin, revolve. Dizzy the coil. Obscure turmoil. Adapted from North Shore Writer’s Association Anthology ‘Still Running’, Rogue Literary Press, used with permission, all rights reserved, Joan Boxall, 2010
Enchanting Desolation
A travel adventure to Desolation Sound unfathoms some history of Captain George Vancouver while paddling in his wake. In August, 2010, Joan ventured to the Sunshine Coast for a week-long kayak trip with Powell River Sea Kayak out of Okeover Inlet. The guide shared a fantasy of being one of Vancouver’s men, and from then […]