Butchart Gardens in Victoria, B.C.

When I moved to Seattle, one of the first things everyone said to me was, “Oh, you’ll be so close to Victoria, you can see...

The Pongal’s Over

Before there were blogs, I spent a quarter studying sustainable development in southern India. Many nights involved entertainments of the herbal or alcoholic kind; there...

Book Report: The Orenda

I read Joseph Boyden’s latest book, The Orenda, the same week that it finally became available in the U.S. But I haven’t written about it...

About Time for Victoria, B.C.

After 20 years of living in the Pacific Northwest and saying, “One of these days, I should…” I finally did. I took the clipper to...

Happy Pongal

Before there were blogs, I spent a quarter studying sustainable development in southern India. I maintained an email distribution list of friends who wanted updates...