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Canada Day on the Gorge
Read Full Post: Canada Day on the GorgeThere’s been construction all year – since last October – on Gorge Road, the third time in my life here that the road’s been dug up. This time it was for replacing storm drains, and altering the road to include concrete barriers for bicycles, removing some bus stops and narrowing the driving lanes. In the contract was a clause requiring the construction company to have the road cleaned up or finished in time for annual Canada Day festivities, and they did get it to a workable state. Here’s how it looked with people on it!
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Poetry Month – celebrated in North Vancouver
Read Full Post: Poetry Month – celebrated in North Vancouver
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Earth Day Poetry!
Read Full Post: Earth Day Poetry!If you’re in Vancouver next Saturday April 20, please come to our reading! It’s at the Capilano Branch library, 3045 Highland Blvd, North Vancouver (Registration link: https://nvdpl.ca/node/5884/register) Please pass the word to North Shore poetry pals!
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In her latest collection, Rhona McAdam navigates the dark places of human movement through the earth and the exquisite intricacies lingering in backyard gardens and farmlands populated by insects and pollinators, all the while returning to the body, to the tune of staccato beats and the newly discovered symmetries within the human heart.
“…A beautiful, filling collection, Larder is a set of poems to read at the change of the seasons, to appreciate alongside a good meal, and to remind yourself of the beauty in everything, even the things you may not appreciate before opening McAdam’s collection….”
Rhona McAdam is a writer, poet, editor, and Registered Holistic Nutritionist with a Master’s in Food Culture from Italy and a deep-rooted passion for ecology and urban agriculture. Her work spans corporate and technical writing to poetry and creative nonfiction, often exploring the vital links between what we eat and how we live. Based in Victoria, BC, and available via Zoom, Rhona is always open to new writing commissions, readings, or workshops on nutrition and the culinary arts.
