Feeling Conflicted As A Tour Guide

Why am I feeling conflicted as a tour guide? On one hand, I absolutely love the work. Not every moment, for sure. But over all, well, I pinch myself that I kind of stumbled into it. Take this year, I’ve committed to lead tours for every month, except August, from mid-May to end of Oct. […]

Water, Water, Water, Everywhere

Water, water, water, everywhere, nor any drop to drink. These were the words of the protagonist in Samuel Taylor Coleridge’s “Rime of the Ancient Mariner.” Here on the West Coast of Canada, we are blessed with an abundance of water that comes every year as rain and snow. But unlike the Ancient Mariner, most of […]