First Snow Pants

First Snow Pants

After winding our way through snow-peaked mountains, we found ourselves tracing backroads surrounded by white fields and never-ending sky, looking for a place even the GPS could not find. My aunt and uncle’s farm. When we lived in Calgary, Alberta we loved making the...
Beyond Banff

Beyond Banff

  The beauty of the Rockies inspired me to pick up my sketchbook. I created this drawing of one of the many breathtaking sights we witnessed.

The Minority

minority  noun : a part of a population differing from others in some characteristics and often subjected to differential treatment                               Merriam-Webster   When the flight attendant called for families with children to board the flight to...
Blooper In Banff

Blooper In Banff

Their jagged peeks held me captive as a child and I couldn’t wait to show my own children the Rockies. We drove in awe, pulling over to take pictures of breathtaking mountains piercing the sky. Not wanting the drive to end we stopped in the touristy town of Banff,...
Creston, B.C.

Creston, B.C.

Mountains covered in evergreen and dotted with snow surround me in a horseshoe. I look away only long enough to cover my Madagascar Vanilla tea bag in boiling hot water, it’s flavor seeping out and swirling into the water. Pulling the cup into both hands, I look up...