One of my favourite authors, Anne Lamott, writes: “The movement of grace is what changes us, heals us and heals our world. To summon grace, say ‘Help,” and then buckle up. Grace finds you exactly where you are, but it doesn’t leave you where it...
Twice in my life I have had the great fortune to travel across Canada’s vast prairies, once by train, and again this summer by pick up truck. Both times I was struck by how the often flat landscape could be punctuated by “Prairie Sentinels,” the...
Ansel Adams has long been a favourite photographer of mine. Not just for his stark, beautiful photos, but also for his thoughtful reflections on the act of taking photos. He understood better than most WHY he took each photo, what compelled him to take each...
I cannot believe this is my last official post as an Albertan! That year went by SO fast!! On this snowy morning in Cochrane, I am looking back on a short, intense yet wonderful year of work and play in Canada’s Heartland, and I could not think of a better...
Happy New Year dear readers! The past few days I have been working on a project long promised, and last night, on New Year’s Eve, I raised my head up from my computer long enough to be awestruck by the spectacular sunset taking place just outside my apartment...
Hi, I’m Patti, wonderer, wanderer and photographer. During the week I’m a marketer in the publishing industry and on weekends I take to the road to explore this beautiful planet we live on.