I’m off again on another business trip, this time to Fort St. John, British Columbia, located on the praries EAST of the Rockies. Yes, BC has praires too. A whole different kind of scenery than the Skeena Region. Following that, I’ll be in Kelowna. So in the absence of any meaningful blogging, here is my latest list of linkage, featuring 10 sites worth spending time on: A collection of Anarchist writings via plep Queen of Suffereing: A spiritual history of Korea via MetaFilter Grow…a game. via Bifurcated Rivets The Winning ways of Alinsky and Gandhi via Wealth Bondage The Nobel …
Narvaes Bay, Saturna Island by Toni Onley 1928-2004 March came in like a lamb here on the West Coast of Canada, but Toni Onley left life like a lion, roaring into the Fraser River in his float plane near Maple Ridge. Onley was one of Canada’s great painters, and he was a real bridge between generations. He painted with members of the Group of Seven including Varley and Jackson and was renowned for his contemplative renderings of the British Columbia coast. He loved flying, and had actually survived one previous crash 20 years ago on a glacier in the Coast …
More from JohnEngle through his personal website, which includes several pictures of life in Haiti, a good place to have a look and see what daily life is like there: preparing chicken for supper, feeding the cats and dogs and engaging in reflection circles. Despite the crises, it’s important to remember that there are many folks just doing what they do, and some of them embody the hope that Haiti needs.
I’m back, and although this isn’t a photo I took, this is the scenery I drove through. A little more snow though! I’m away again for the weekend, but back on March 1. By the way Michael, the Queen Charlotte Islands were named for the wife of George III, but around here they are increasingly known by their Haida name, Haida Gwai’i.
Prince Rupert, British Columbia It’s beautiful here in Prince Rupert. The sun is shining and I’ve seen the tops of mountains that I have never seen on my previous visits here. We’re on our way to Terrace to do the second of three consultation meetings I am doing on a federal government Aboriginal economic development program. This trip will take my colleague Veronica and I across Highway 16, which runs from Rupert here on the coast to Prince George. That’s where I’ll leave the highway, but the road continues all the way to Winnipeg as the Yellowhead highway, named for …