Keita, the Pemberton Arts Council’s Programming Coordinator who is leading up a beautiful local workshop series, and I, were at the same all-day business planning session, so we tucked ourselves to the side for a moment, to jam on the specifics of my offering to host a workshop. The workshops are this gorgeous grassroots celebration…
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Seeking outlets for love and rage
I interviewed mountain biker Casey Brown fourteen years ago, and have never forgotten the thing she shared, that her dad taught her, that powered her racing. When you ride, he advised, “Put all your love and hate into it.” The thing that struck me in this Wise-Dad-Counsel was the baseline acknowledgement to his daughter, that:…
Struggle is a keystone habit
Without struggle, there is no growth.
And no high, either.
Why the gym is currently the keystone habit that’s teaching me why and how to keep creating
The Shape of Time
For professional climber Ines Papert and mountain guide Sarah Hueniken, 50 is just a number. “It’s just one day after 49 — and today you’re the youngest you’re ever going to be,” they remind us. What other insights can we glean from two of the most accomplished climbers of our generation?
Culture is a real estate problem
How secret poetry appreciators and others need places to act out their wild imaginings Here’s a sneak peek at tomorrow’s Pique back page. Exclusive to subscribers! (You can read it there at https://www.piquenewsmagazine.com/local-news/opinion-culture-is-a-real-estate-problem-11557490) Kerry Dorey, Jay Molloy and I had this idea. Officially, we’re the Society of Secret Poetry Appreciators, but you should know that…
Tend the Invisible
Jasper, a year after a wildfire burned a third of the town to the ground, felt cauterized, cut off from its own vitality, as though burns had staunched overt bloodshed but left gnarled scar tissue that was hard to look at. It’s impossible as an outsider to know how the fire actually affected the community,…
This is how we Solstice
I never write about horse camp because it’s hard to touch with words, it’s a “you have to be there” kind of experience. But I did write a caption to go along with some photos I shared on instagram and CCO’s media-savvy marketer, Hailey asked “wanna write a blog post?” and so I tried to…
Get Engaged
I had a flash of cold clarity: is this the phone call that changes the rest of my life?
The Luck Factor of Tonje Kvivik
Tonje has recently signed with Arc’teryx, so I was asked to interview her for a “Welcome to the team” profile. I have never failed to be impressed with the athletes who join this brand’s roster – and Tonje is just as personable and engaging. We bonded so hard over a mutual appreciation for Katie Burrell,…
Is the City Dreaming You or Are You Dreaming the City? Meeting my 20 year old self in New York City
One of my oldest friends was laid off last May from a firm she’d been working with since we graduated in the late 90s. She decided, after securing commitments from friends to join, to use her severance to splurge on a month-long sabbatical in New York’s Chelsea neighbourhood. I was one of the friends. COVID-19…
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