July 9, 2012
By cartoonist Dan Murphy of the Vancouver Province newspaper (which pulled it after he posted it). Hilarious.
“Jobs”… or not. This oil pipeline proposal is the worst deal ever for B.C., with all the benefit going to China and corporations.
Chandelier at Northern Rockies Lodge on Muncho Lake, Northern BC. Wooden rounds each hole-sawn to house a pot light. It was really quite beautiful.
The lodge is on the Alaska Highway that stretches from Dawson Creek BC to Alaska.
[Update: The Globe and Mail has finally run the story about our trip. Wilderness guide and Globe travel writer Bruce Kirkby came along on our leg of the ride.]
I just spent two weeks out of internet range, riding through the remote Northern Rockies on horseback.
June 18, 2012
Sign seen today in Pouce Coupe, near Dawson Creek, B.C., with my friend Brian.
June 8, 2012
Letter from my friend Dorothy to Prime Minister Stephen Harper on the question of his profoundly anti-democratic omnibus “budget bill” C-38. The bill’s major intent, among many nefarious minor intents, is to obliterate environmental groups and their opposition to the Alberta tar sands and its pipelines.
June 4, 2012
June 2, 2012
These photos are from a long Japanese ukiyo-e scroll dating from the 1890s. The art work is on loan to Vancouver’s Centre A Gallery as part of a collaborative installation by Vancouver artists Marina Roy and Abbas Akhavan, titled Fire/Fire.
I wish I’d curated this show:
“Stripes are a fundamental visual element, appearing naturally in vertical lines as trees and in manmade products of all kinds, from street dividers to ornate fabrics.
May 30, 2012
Perhaps I don’t understand the business side of design and furniture manufacturing, but I’m always confused by the fact that certain historic chairs get re-licensed and reproduced, while others fade away.
May 29, 2012
“Those stickers on fruits and veggies tell you quite a bit!
4 numbers mean they were conventionally grown.
5 numbers starting with number 8 means they are genetically modified (GMO).
5 numbers starting with 9 means they were organically grown.”
Saw this on Facebook thanks to Holly.
