Find out more about my memoir No Letter in Your Pocket
ENVIRONMENTAL BOOKS
Do you want to save the planet with small, daily steps? Try reading the books I reviewed for the HR Voice website:
http://hrvoice.org/story.aspx?&storyid=4248&issueid=825
RECOMMENDED BOOKS
Blessed Unrest by Paul Hawken
The Ecology of Commerce by Paul Hawken
Fight Global Warming Now by Bill McKibben
RECOMMENDED GREEN PUBLISHER
New Society Publishers, carbon-neutral and British Columbia-based
It was a delight to profile Jessica Silvey, who’s shíshálh and Sḵwx̱wú7mesh (Squamish) with the ancestral name Kwahama Kwatleematt, and has been weaving cedar baskets, hats, and décor for more than 30 years. I profiled her, the owner of Red Cedar Woman studio, as the cover story for the winter 2021 issue of…
It was a pleasure to profile activist filmmaker Liz Marshall for the spring 2024 issue of Sunshine Coast Life magazine. As a director, she collaborated with three Indigenous multimedia creators — Kawaya7 Ecko Aleck of the Nlaka’pamux Nation (Lytton, BC), Kwamanchi Alfonso Salinas of the shíshálh Nation and Charlene SanJenko of Splatsin of the Secwépemc…
I wrote an eco-tour story for the Jan/Feb 2009 issue of Sierra magazine on the bald eagles of Brackendale, B.C. (Sierra, the national publication of the Sierra Club in the U.S., has more than a million readers.) Click here to read my article. Brackendale has set the world record for the most bald eagles counted in a single…
It was a delight to interview shíshálh cedar weaver Shyanne (“Shy”) Watters for Sunshine Coast Life magazine. Shy’s unique cedar hats range from a sasquatch version with long black hair to a red-dress-themed one honouring Murdered and Missing Indigenous Women. Shy is perhaps best known for her culturally modified graduation cap whose pattern reflects ocean…
It was a treat to interview Andreas and Kendra Tize, owners of Secret Cove Marina in Halfmoon Bay, BC. I got to luxuriate, albeit briefly, in their 5,000-square-foot float home and discover the cozy seafood restaurant The Upper Deck. (I knew Andreas as the Roberts Creek rep for the Sunshine Coast Regional District.) Their marina…
As my late husband Frank McElroy was dying at home through 2018-19, it was tough to write about my challenges as a caregiver. Although I couldn’t distance myself from the ongoing experience, I wanted to describe both my conflicting emotions and the overwhelming support and generosity of my local community. The result became the essay…