A smoked sunrise

Christopher Martin Photography The smoke from the wildfires in British Columbia and Alberta continues to come and go west of the Rockies in southwestern Alberta depending on severity of the fires, the weather and the wind.  One morning last week it was particularly thick and made the rising sun a circle of deep red, orange…Read more »

Gone on the Rising Tide

Originally posted on Marrow:
“You prisoners of New South Wales, Who frequent watchhouses and gaols A story to you I will tell ‘Tis of a convict’s tour to hell.”  – by Frank “The Poet” MacNamara, transported to New South Wales, 1832 Banishment.  A single word that struck fear in the heart of a 18th century…

A Night with the Muse

Originally posted on Marrow:
It had been snowing on and off all day.  The air was crisp with cold.  The lights of Prague glistened off the frozen terrain as afternoon faded to evening. People strolled about in the old city, snug in their coats and scarfs.  Through the windows of restaurants, diners sat warm and…