The daybreak cacophony of squawks and splashes sounded like it was inches away from our tent. We had just spent our first night on the beach in Playa El Burro, Bahia Conception on the Sea of Cortez, about two thirds down the eastern coast of the Baja Peninsula. It was the southern-most point of our …
Some people see a cabinet, a wardrobe or even a bookshelf and see pieces of furniture. Others go beyond the basic use and see former trees, a forest of art, even in the most utilitarian piece of wood-worked furniture. That bookshelf was once a piece of cherry lumber, and a living cherry tree. We are …
I feel sorry for the screeners who work for airport security. And it’s not just because they are forever in a no-win situation, where every commonsense decision to save someone hassle increases the danger on board the aircraft – “If we don’t take knitting needles away from the little girl, does this mean we need …
Darcy Laliberty is living proof that friendship goes as far as it takes. The Yukon Brewing Company sales rep is organizing the Jessica Frotten Mobility Fundraiser. “A gathering of friends and family,” Laliberty says, to help offset the cost of renovations that will be required following his friend’s injuries from her Dec. 14 automobile accident. …
Just how far does friendship go? As far as it takes. Read More »
Nina Arsenault warns me that she’s not about to tell the “typical” transsexual story to Nakai Theatre’s Pivot Festival audiences. You know the story, she says, “Her name is Barbara, she used to be Markus, she never felt right in her own body, she met a doctor and now she’s getting boobs. It’s the same …
Nina Arsenault talks about the pursuit of beauty and truth Read More »
Ron James used to be the spokesman for Texas tourism for three years on CNN. “It was during George Bush senior’s term. I can imagine Saddam Hussein, who watched CNN all the time, really getting to know my face.” James is talking like a freight train on the phone with me. Not jokes, but gems …
Hazel Venzon is holed up in Porter Creek when she Skypes me. She’s been in Whitehorse since December working on her play. “Vancouver has a lot of distractions,” she says, waving her hands a bit to either side of the screen. She came up on her own dime, taking a few risks to be here. …
