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.…
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 …
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 …
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 …
‘Sand Castles…Fracking as a nursery crime’
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 …
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 …
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…
Poetry: April Is National Poetry Month
The Power of Poetry: A Review by Joan Boxall
‘The Power of Poetry’ by Geoff Olson, writer and political cartoonist, is the centerpiece
article in March, 2012’s ‘Common Ground’ magazine. Looking at our politically and economically …
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 …