This week I talked with Bill Gotts, owner of Doctor Vigari Gallery, and we got onto the topic of how his gallery got its name. Who is Doctor Vigari? Doctor Vigari is not an actual person. Bill explained that his first studio was in an old store on Victoria Drive. One night, his friend...

These are the nasturiums I planted in my house on April 4, 2010 “Starting seeds indoors in Vancouver.” A week later on April 11, I wrote First shoots of life emerge. On May 13, I planted the baby nasturtiums in a big pot outside: Nasturium ready for the big plant garden. Today the nasturium...

Update: July 24, 2010. For current information to plan your trip to the beach, check out the Beach Water Quality Report from Vancouver Coastal Health. Original post on July 2, 2010: Well… at least we can still make sandcastles. That’s the positive spin we put on the situation when we arrived at Trout Lake...

A highlight of the day was when Elder Brenda Wesley demonstrated a Gitxsan dance performed when people share food together. Only a few people accepted her invitation to dance, but as they rose and moved to the drum – which became “the heartbeat of the Earth” – the sun made a brief, magnificent appearance....