Tourism for Peace

It’s Remembrance Day in Canada today, and it’s impossible to simply “remember” the past right now without being hyperaware of everything that’s happening in the world in the present. The idea of tourism as a path for peace is something I’ve been passionate about since coming into the tourism industry. In my early days as […]

Alternate Universe Self

Do you ever wonder what the alternate universe version of yourself is up to? In an alternate universe, where you made slightly different decisions — or others did — that changed your trajectory only slightly, or altered the course of your life in more major ways… where you’d be now, what you’d be doing, who […]

The Opposite of Black & White

The opposite of black and white isn’t grey. When people disagree they tend to take polarizing sides. But they truth isn’t black and white, its not always so clear as right vs. wrong or good vs. evil. The truth, as I’ve often heard it said and even said myself, is somewhere in the grey. It’s […]

Wisdom Wednesday

I’ve done a lot of writing today already, about some hard things, and I’m not sure I have much left to give. I’ve also done a lot of feeling, and thinking… And worrying. Especially worrying. Haven’t we all? So I turned where I often turn when I’m feeling particularly hopeless. To the wisest person I […]

Mototherapy

Needed a mental health break today, and my motorcycle has been sorely neglected this Fall and goes to its winter home tomorrow, so I took him for one last joyride. The weather was perfect for a ride up Cypress / Hollyburn Mountain in West Van, albeit a bit cold: 10 degrees celsius in Vancouver, probably […]

We Know How This Ends

We already know how this ends, so why do we keep playing along? Is there not enough darkness in the world already? Is there not enough pain, grief, death, injustice, suffering yet? The worse it gets, the worse it gets. And the harder it is to get out of. We already know how this ends, […]

Sofar Secrets

I may get murdered by Taylor Swift fans for what I’m about to say but: I will take a cozy living room-style show with talented local musicians over a $2000 stadium T-Swift ticket any day. Tonight I had the very cool experience of attending a “Sofar” show. Sofar hosts “secret” shows in hundreds of cities […]

Follow Your Fire

One of the things I find most inspiring is people who are following their fire. Fire, or whatever you want to call it: following their dream, living their passion, finding their purpose, focusing on their One Thing. Whether it’s the friend who quit their adult-job-with-a-pension in a landlocked place to follow their dream of living […]

Phoenix Launch

Tonight I went to a book launch, so today’s post is dedicated to Margarita Artista, my soon-to-be cousin-in-law and now a published author, and her new book! Margarita has been working for 11 years on this magical realism urban fantasy, and launched the first book in the series today! Here’s the description of her first […]

Night Ride

After a 12 hour workday between two jobs I needed to unwind so I took the long way along the sea wall on the way home. When I need a moment to think, or unwind, or breathe, I’m always drawn to the water. As I biked, I thought to myself “I don’t know where I’m […]