History has been made. No matter what happens this fall, the USA will either have a woman vice president or a black president, and that is historic. After eight long years of President Bush it will be interesting to see who the Americans choose as their new leader. But this is Squamish and why would […]
Writin'
Squamish’s Silver Lining
That rock slide was awesome. I’m only now able to contain my jubilation of how just how flippin’ great it was to have the city off from us. It certainly helped that I was lucky enough to do my city run the day before and had no immediate plans involving our southern metropolis. Sure some […]
Good Hunting in Festival Season
There’s wabbit season, duck season and as anyone who’s been in this corridor over the summer knows, there is definitely a festival season. In Squamish alone we have an art, mountain bike, rock climbing, Caribbean, solstice, and of course, dog festival, just to name a few. This doesn’t even include our neighbors to the north […]
Let’s hear it for the enablers
Some words simply get a bad rap. I’m talking about words that used to have one definition but after one thing or another that meaning changed, or at least the first impression of that word has changed. Many lament the word “gay”; personally I miss the original definition of “queer”. But there are several other […]
Lets do this again
There are literally millions of people who don’t have it. They may have many things but they don’t have the ever illusive and coveted sense of community. It’s a sense of belonging that usually comes when you realize the place you live in is fantastic and absolutely full of great people. And while some towns […]