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God's
Daughter Why are three
generations of women and their baby girl forced to live in the shadows
and work under many names and guises?
NEW: Listen to the story. Want to buy the book or e-book? |
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My karate master tasked me with explaining why karate is unique in the world of movement arts, which includes all other self-defence systems, dancing, gymnastics, etc., thus deserving its own name. Through five years and seven drafts, the answer came clear, explained in three sections: - The Karate
Way Comes to Light For eight instructional videos on the Inner Kara-te Dance, click here or on the cover image, then scroll to the bottom for YouTube links. |
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Ruckles'
World The Ruckle family of Salt Spring Island sold their 1,200 -acre farm to the B.C. government, for a fraction of its value, to become a treasured park with a heritage farm that's been going since 1872. The 228 letter-size pages are packed with Ruckle family stories, in the context of a remarkable neighbourhood of First Nations peoples, European, Hawaiian, African-American, and Asian newcomers, illustrated with 450+ photographs, maps, documents, and other images. Two-hundred copies were printed, with no plans to reprint. They are sold out, but a 64-page booklet called Meet the Ruckles by Brenda is available from Friends of Ruckle Park Heritage. |
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Spinster
of Science: A Memoir A coming-of-age
story about effort to become a scientist, to forward intelligent,
sustainable life on earth. What a gauntlet to run, overcoming
stumbling blocks and thwartings without end. What an education,
in how nature works, people behave, and human systems operate.
What a graduation, into a world where science continues its many
bad habits, with planet-killing results. Contact me if you're interested. |
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On
Stormy Seas On Stormy
Seas was published in 1992, in time for the 200th anniversary
of Vancouver's arrival on the Pacific N.W. coast, which he charted
from southern California to Alaska - in three summers, an astonishing
feat. It's been long out of print, but easily gotten from used booksellers online. |
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Green
Pilgrims
Guide |
A narrow book, the width of tourist brochures and maps, that comes in a folder just the right size to hold these keepsakes from a unique place that's home to two of Canada's rarest tree ecosystems. Green pilgrims are those who tour with reverence for nature, not only in the sites they visit, but in their travelling habits, going as lightly on possible on dear Mother Earth. This guide gives eco-friendly travellers a good overview of a place so special that it's the world's only Islands Trust area. It covers about as much as visitors will remember, and it summarizes more than many residents know. A handy reference, with easy storage pockets for brochures and notes gathered on the journey. I have a few copies still. Contact me if you're interested. |
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The Riverview
Lands: |
The fight goes on to keep the Riverview Hospital Lands intact, to be used in perpetuity for psychiatric care and training. Click here for a letter I wrote recently that was published in three newspapers, including the Vancouver Sun. I co-edited this 1994 book with Val Adolph, as well as illustrated parts and pulled it together for publication. It's out of print and has been supplanted by a different sort of book about the lands, but the history it covers and the logic of building on the enlightened vision of Riverview's founders remains relevant. Used copies are available online, and many B.C. libraries have a copy. See the Riverview Horticultural Centre Society's webpage, with many valuable links, to stay current with the on-going battle to save this remarkable site, intact for psychiatric use, for all time. |
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Encore: A Program of Environmental Studies |
I spent 10 years developing curriculum materials and teaching environmental
and science education to students from kindergarten to high school.
Teachers said they knew HOW to teach, but needed help with WHAT to
teach in the great outdoors.
In the mid-70s,
I devised the Encore Program of Environmental Studies, co-authored
with Patricia Keays and published by the B.C. Ministry of Fish &
Wildlife, Information & Education Branch. It has a teacher's
book, field trip guide, and 256 activity cards outlining with things
to do before, during, and after outings, all stored in a wooden
box, for easy, dry transportation on outings. It's long out of print and out of use, but now digitized. Contact me if you're interested. |
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For more than eight years, I wrote weekly editorial-page columns. They started with The Tri-City News in Coquitlam, Port Coquitlam, and Port Moody. The Maple Ridge-Pitt Meadows News picked them up for a few years, and the Gulf-Islands Driftwood ran my pieces for two years. Click on the image or link for a sampling of some favourites and others chosen to show the breadth of topics covered. |
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odyssey,
noun: a long series of wanderings and adventures, especially when
filled with notable experiences and hardships
Sockeye Salmon Odyssey is the story of sockeye salmon of British Columbia through their lifecycle and travels.
To read a sample and buy, click here. |
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A great Christmas Eve book for kids! Christmas Island is brightly illustrated story about an elf named Finn, who knew Santa as a boy. He tells amazing stories to 8-year-old Penny, who is in a strange house with a babysitter, waiting for cousin Matt to fly home after getting lost on Christmas Island. To read sample pages and buy as an e-book, click here.
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