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January Change

It is January. It is a dark month, full of weather delays and changing plans. The faster you try to go, the more the universe seems to say, “Sit...
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The December Sun

Her low, blinding illumination makes it hard to hide from the weathered truth. She...
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Giving Through Loss this Holiday Season

Here it is, December.  The traditions of stringing up lights and bringing a tree into...
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Pathways to Care

We are getting close to the longest night of the year. All signs are...
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Cooling Air

The air is cooling and the darkness stays longer each night. October is upon...
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Whimsy

Here we are, half way through the longest shortest month of the year. How do we keep going? With whimsy. The world is particularly bleak at...

A viral post of an unwanted nature

As a columnist, I spend time considering what I’m going to write and the audience that is likely to enjoy it. I try to...

Have a heart

In the summer of 2022, blue spray-painted hearts began to appear at the end of Wiggins Road in Tlell. I had to look up...

The Best Laid Plans

Funny thing about “best-laid plans” — the only time we ever hear that phrase is precisely when plans have gone distinctly wrong. If you...

We’re nearly there… soon the Solstice will be upon us.

Winter is a time of contrasts, even when there is no white snow on the ground. It’s a time of quiet moments alone and...

Rumours and ravens

No, I’m not Annie. I don’t even know who Annie is. She’s a mystery advice columnist to me, too. I like her advice; I’d say it’s...

Energetic cycles

Tlell, like all the communities on Haida Gwaii, is hunkering down for winter. Harvest feasts were enjoyed, some still calling it “Thanksgiving” — more in...

Approaching fall

Do you smell it? The hint of wood smoke in the air? The slight stench of decay? Do you notice a taste on the back...

Scrambled by an outage and the 21st-century lawn dart

So how did you fare through the Great Internet Outage of September 13 to 16? I was on a video session, and had just marvelled...

Legacies large and small

What do you want to leave when you’re gone? This week, a megayacht, the Liva O, sailed into town and was truly a sight...

Summoning summer 

As I sit here and watch the drizzle coming down outside, I’m feeling wistful for even a slight hint of summer weather. And yet, I...

Connecting in Tll.aal

I’m currently helping facilitate a workshop on addiction in Old Massett — a workshop based in culture and ceremony, enriched by learning. Did you know...

Relationship rhododendrons

When I was a child, my Scottish mother would refer to the beautiful, huge flowering bushes in our yard as “rhoddies.” As a result, I...

Tll.aal ~ Giid Tll’juus (Tlell ~ Balance) 

Giid Tll’juus means balance in X̱aayda Kil. It’s a state of being we necessarily strive for in every moment of our lives.  What hangs in...

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