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I’ll be teaching screenwriting short documentaries and dramas at Powell River Digital Film School in Powell River, BC from Feb. 24-27 inclusive. This will be my third visit to the school. I love helping the students with ideas and structure for their year-end video and giving them new ideas for projects. I learn a lot from them too.
I’m pleased to be hosting a new workshop FROM GODDESS TO GAIA: Celebrate the Divine Feminine with SoulCollage(R) on Saturday, April 18 at a private home in Gibsons. This workshop, held from 1:30 to 5:30 p.m., is open to anyone who wants to explore her deeper, feminine self. All materials are provided. We’ll briefly cover…
It was a joy to be back in person teaching at Powell River Digital Film School in early February. Spent two days with the grade 12 students analyzing and discussing short documentaries and learning how to write and conceptualize them. Also did a day of hands-on SoulCollage(R) exercises and learning. Thoroughly enjoyed the students’ level…
I’m delighted to have my mixed-media collage No Regrets, Coyote in the current Joni-Mitchell-themed art exhibition in Gibsons. The juried show called Both Sides Now runs Nov. 12 to Dec. 6 at the Gibsons Public Art Gallery. Joni Mitchell, who lives half the year on the Sunshine Coast, had planned to attend the event but…
The winner of my free two-hour editorial consultation is Tanja Scott. She wants to write about father-daughter relationships in the Balkans. I look forward to working with Tanja and helping her make her writing and publishing dreams come true. Many thanks to all who entered my contest at this year’s Word Vancouver event outside the…
I’ll be retracing Ernest Hemingway’s steps in Pamplona, Spain, with tales of his favourite haunts, at Gibsons Public Library on Wednesday, July 16. I’ll give a five-minute reading of my blog post, written as part of my travel series on walking the Camino de Santiago. (I will be augmenting these into a book later.) My short presentation is part…
SoulCollage card The Storyteller Sagewise Conference (March 23-25): Honouring Elders, and Conscious Aging I am presenting a morning workshop on journalling and self-discovery, with writing exercises, and an afternoon session of SoulCollage work. These workshops are open solely to attendees registered for the conference, held at Edenvale in Abbotsford, BC. For more information about…