Sense of Place
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The diaphanous cloud shield over motionless greens and browns intermingling with aqua is the first introduction to the land I am impatient to touch base. “Why Hispaniola”? “Well…Why not”. If the Clintons, Beyonce, Elton John, V.I.Ps, friends, neighbours consider it their playground it must be safe. It is. It is Dominican Republic’s eastern neighbour, Haiti,… Read more
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Calgary 2024: WINTER is the season to take wings for warmer climes, to resorts along the Caribbean, Atlantic or Pacific Oceans. We too join the human migratory trend for short stays…Cancun in 2023 and this year, 2024, Punta Cana, the easternmost tip of the Dominican Republic. For a non-water person the selection of beach holidays… Read more
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I was not going to blog about our 2023 summer road trip to Kelowna but the recent heart-breaking images of the majestic trees being reduced to cinder, the billowing smoke shrouding the hapless mountains made me change my mind. The ‘destruction’ images, in sharp contrast to the serene picturesque photographs from July 30-August 5 2023,… Read more
Journies of change 