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With avalanches, no one is immune to danger

Alas, this winter’s snowpack still has not reached Mt. Washington’s mythical five-metre base (last seen in 2012). Still, a 106 cm base is better than last January’s paltry 30. A…

Personal Paradise: Point Holmes

This is the beach at Point Holmes in the Comox Valley where families have put up memorial benches for their loved ones to look out on the shores of the…

Stargazing 101

Capturing ancient light on sleepless nights

Personal paradise: Mount Work

This photo of an exotic inlet escape was taken from the Mount Work area near Gowlland Tod Provincial Park, Durrance Lake, and Butchart Gardens.  To find this inlet, go to…

Personal Paradise: B.C Legislature

On one of the rare occasions in Victoria where snow actually sticks (February 2011), the conditions were just right for a shot of one of Victoria's iconic landmarks.

This bread is bananas (b-a-n-a-n-a-s)

Everyone loves banana bread. This recipe makes a fluffy and moist loaf of bread that is sweet and substantial. I’ve found this to be a great way to ease back…

Personal Paradise: Snow on the green

There’s a small golf green behind the West Shore Park and Recreation Centre, and in January 2012 I was able to see it under snow. Personally, I think it looks…

Christmas card how-to

A typical Christmas card costs between three and six dollars, while a homemade Christmas card can be priceless—literally.

The journey all future grad students need to take

I go to school thousands of kilometers away from home (in Vermont, to be precise) and I am often asked: why UVic? The truth is, it’s just too complicated for…

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