Permanent

October 9, 2009

W hen leaving my hometown, I most often head west. And since any distance west of Calgary is driving distance, I have come to know the highway well. The gentle sways that lead to Banff, the sharp turns before Golden that scrap the thought you had around Lake Louise about making good time. The tourist [...]

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All Time Hereafter

October 7, 2009

A piece recently published in the 2010 Edition of the Snowboard Canada Women’s Annual. L eveled by a compulsive carpenter and as yellow as the liquid surrounding his infallible bubble, the prairies are submissive. The mountain peaks are visible in the distance, revealing more of themselves with each section of the asphalt’s broken line. Though [...]

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5 Lovers, P. 1

June 10, 2009

The first installment of the fiction piece 5 Lovers. W e met in the living room of a mutual friend whose parents were off somewhere, and spent the rest of the night sitting on the back patio drinking from bottles and swinging our feet. Our conversation was occasionally interrupted by bursts of laughter from inside [...]

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You, Mike, Mike, You.

February 17, 2009

The guys over at SBC Skier asked me to write editor Mike Berard’s click column from his perspective for the magazine’s “Weird” Issue. If you’ve never met Mike, consider this your introduction. T he simple act of living requires many small, irritating tasks. There’s always something you should be doing beyond what you’re actually doing. [...]

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Costa Rica

January 23, 2009

Relevant amidst fervent vacation planning and, in the meantime, winter wet suits. T he light above the water was more intense than it was on land. The sky was filled with storm clouds and bright streams of white spilled over to fill the spaces in between. It seemed as if the air, independent of the [...]

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In the Beginning

January 11, 2009

Aside from family and friends, I don’t miss Alberta often since I moved to B.C. eight years ago. The drive from Calgary to Fernie is an exception. It’s a drive of few surprises, and with it came an anxiousness that I never got used to, though for the time being I valued it and kept [...]

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