End of Year Wrap-Up   Well, we are coming to the end of 2019, and I know everyone is busy with a new season of activities, and getting ready for the holidays.  In looking back at this past year, it’s been very full. I also recognize that I haven’t...
Autumn Update

Autumn Update

Well, I see I haven’t blogged in a bit.  A lot has happened this fall, and I guess the busyness is a sign of why I haven’t.  It’s late November and the snow still hasn’t come to Smithers, so it feels like fall just keeps going and going on. So...
BC Wildfires

BC Wildfires

Our province is dealing with the terrible situation of forest fires all over.  People, territories, sky, trees, wildlife, homes … everything is being devastated.  Here in Smithers, we have been very fortunate.  No nearby fires threaten us, and the direction of...
Skeena Salmon Art Show

Skeena Salmon Art Show

There is an amazing exhibition about salmon at the Terrace Art Gallery all this month.  I have two pieces in this comprehensive show, entitled the Skeena Salmon Art Show, which was an epic undertaking by organizers/curators Dave Gordon and Cynthia McCreery to compile...
Conservation Camp

Conservation Camp

This past week, I spent a day up the Kispiox River at the Bear Claw Lodge to lead some art workshops for a kids’ Conservation Camp. It’s a week-long camp where the kids are entirely outdoors the whole time, doing all kinds of activities, like rafting,...