(April 29, 2020) Introduction: Four years ago, when editor in chief Gail Picco was working on a book, she wrote a chapter featuring Chantelle Uribe, a young woman who spent three years as a street canvasser, or chugger as they are sometimes called. The profile never made it into the book, but we’ve updated it to give you a look into the lives of the people behind the … [Read more...] about Profile of a street canvasser: ‘This is my calling now’
Nature Conservancy of Canada
Nature: A great source of healing is sending us a message
Through primrose tufts, in that green bower, The periwinkle trailed its wreaths; And ’tis my faith that every flower Enjoys the air it breathes. From Lines Written in Early Spring (3rd verse) by William Wordsworth (1770 – 1850) According to his biographers, William Wordsworth was very much in harmony with the beauty of nature. “Like … [Read more...] about Nature: A great source of healing is sending us a message
Gwendolyn MacEwen: ‘Dark Pines Under Water’
This land like a mirror turns you inwardAnd you become a forest in a furtive lake;The dark pines of your mind reach downward,You dream in the green of your time,Your memory is a row of sinking pines.Explorer, you tell yourself, this is not what you came forAlthough it is good here, and green;You had meant to move with a kind of largeness,You had planned a heavy grace, an … [Read more...] about Gwendolyn MacEwen: ‘Dark Pines Under Water’