Born and bred BC Rainlanders know all about dealing with a rainy winter season on the coast. Days and weeks of dull, dark, grey weather can affect mental health, making self-care especially important. Sitting inside and staring miserably out the window as atmospheric rivers roll through won’t do much to help your mood, but there…
A glance at the comment section on any wildfire news story will often find it filled with nostalgia as folks reminisce about the Martin Mars water bombers, amphibious planes used in aerial firefighting in BC for over 50 years. These large capacity planes were once the largest in the world, with the ability to deposit…
At one time there was a trail, my mom insisted, though I had my doubts. We were somewhere in the bush on Little Nicomen Mountain, between an old logging road and the back of Raven Bluffs. We’d made a loop, going from the bluffs to the cabin to the hang-glider launch, then down some logging…
Years ago, the city of Melbourne, Australia, gave email addresses to its trees so that people could report on their condition. To their surprise and amusement, people also started writing to their favourite trees about how fond they were of them. You see, we all have favourite trees, whether we know it or not. It…
If you live on the South Coast of BC, you might decide to put out a hummingbird feeder in the summer. This might be just a whim, an innocent gesture to watch these delightful little birds zip hither and thither, dainty and adorable, but also surprisingly vicious. These guys can be very territorial, often guarding…
