Social Life of a Not-Very-social Senior
When I hear or read recommendations for a healthy senior life, maintaining social contact with others is always on the list.
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Short Poems Blast Off
Yes, there’s been a launch recently—a launch of short poems—the launch of a haiku book right here in our small city north of 60.
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Hogwarts for the Holidays
Until 2008, I carried on Christmas traditions from my childhood. I wrapped presents, made a fancy meal, did some decorating and sang along with carols.
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’Tis The Season For Dance
Uncover the Yukon dance season and history, celebrating the stunning performances amidst the beauty of northern lights.
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A Grandmaster Comes To Town
Tai Chi Yukon brought Grandmaster Yang Jun to Whitehorse recently for a seminar which included participants from all over North America
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Barn Dance Before You Die
I taught folk dance to students through the Artist in the School program, maybe there’s a story about life, and how to live it through that?
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‘Flipping Through’ A Yukon Summer
During the summer, you want to experience the beauty and fun of each page, so flip through the pages slowly to savour moments and memories
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Really – Don’t Be A Litterbug!
Every May, as soon as the roadside snow is gone and the mud has mostly dried, my husband and I clean up the sides of the road on our route.
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Finger-Lickin’
No more licking fingers, but still just as good as ever! Hast du keinen lӧeffel [Don’t you have a spoon]? Okay, it’s not my parents
Yukon Camino Community
The Camino de Santiago, translated as The Way of Saint James, has been a network of pilgrimage routes in Spain and beyond The real Camino
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Life’s Time Frames
How do we experience time throughout life? Dianne Homan’s thoughtful essay explores the shifting pace from childhood to senior years
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A Yukon Cabin Christmas
Celebrate the peaceful beauty of a Yukon cabin Christmas. The season’s quiet joys, from cozy moments by the fire to acts of kindness.
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A Lifetime of WOW!
reflecting on the breathtaking beauty of Yukon’s nature and the enriching power of its arts scene, from gallery exhibits to opera screenings.
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Wake Up!
I first saw the two-day course called “Conscious Aging” among the offerings from Yukon University, about five years ago.
Thoughts About Grey Matter
I’m delighted to join the “Grey Matters” team of writers—partly because they are women I like and admire, but also because…
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Small world, eh?
It’s a small world, at least along one of its dimensions – the line between Canada and Spain. There I was in Spain a few months ago walking the Camino de Santiago, a 1200 year old pilgrimage route, and already I’d met an orthodontist from Ottawa and two retirees from Saskatoon who knew friends of mine.
What’s your story?
The Walk Between Worlds monthly storytelling event provides Yukoners a chance to hone their craft We’re all tellers of stories. Some are one-liners. Maybe you’re
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Endings and beginnings
It was the end of my first camino, the ancient pilgrimage route across Spain, and I never wanted to put those dang boots on again.
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Walk, hike, stroll …
Walk … “You weren’t in any hurry to walk,” my mother said as she showed me a photo of myself at 15 months, happily sitting
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This is the way…
March is the perfect time of year to plan ahead for a “camino.” April and May in Spain offer green fields flecked with red poppies,
The Power of ‘the camino’
It’s a walk, it’s a pilgrimage. It’s called “the camino” and it has the power to make people feel called to do it, the power to make people talk about it, the power to draw people back to do it again.
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