Saying Goodbye to Summer
No matter how much I love autumn, with its stunning colours, brisk mornings and golden afternoons, there’s a sadness…
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A Berry Good Time
What the Yukon lacks in fruit trees it makes up for with berries. Strawberries, saskatoons, haskaps, raspberries, currants, blueberries…
10 Reasons To Love The Rain
It’s easy to love the warm and sunny days of summer. After all, what’s not to like about ice cream in cones, short sleeves and
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Yukon Road Trip Essentials
School is out, the snow is long gone and summer is finally here. Some of my favourite travel memories are from road trips that I went on…
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Meditating On Time
Maybe it’s the upcoming summer solstice or new parenthood that has me pondering such things … I’m not really sure. As I’ve grown older…
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Microadventures
The long days of June and July are wonderful for getting things done. Everything, even nature around us, feels like it’s going non-stop.
A Springtime Foraging Guide
The days and weeks of spring are flying by and soon the tender green shoots and soft leaves of this season will be just a fading memory….
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The Lost Art of Letter Writing
I had my first pen pal before I could properly write a whole sentence. My family and I were moving thousands of miles away from the only…
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The Boreal Florist
Rowan Brown is currently finishing her third season as a tulip farmer in the Yukon. Yes, you read that correctly: Brown grows local…
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Welcoming The Return of the Bees
With April drawing to a close, the sounds of spring are in full force around us now. The migratory birds are back to fill the long daylight…
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Six Things To Do On The Loo
No matter how busy life gets, how chaotic your job is or how demanding parenthood becomes, there is one place you can still have a moment…
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Celebrating International Carrot Day
With the spring equinox behind us and patches of dry grass re-emerging from under the snow, gardening season is getting closer…
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A Walk A Day Keeps The Blues (And So Much More) Away
The darkest days of the winter months are behind us, and yet spring can still feel so far away some days. Whether you suffer from…
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Winter’s Invitation To Turn Inward
These past several weeks life in the natural world has been slowing down. Plants have died back, deciduous trees have lost…
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Holiday Traditions (and how to reconnect with the magic)
As a young girl, I loved this time of year. There was something magical in the air, it seemed, as though anything (no matter how improbable)…
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Exploring Peru: Part 3
From Marcahuamachuco we continued heading south along the Andes, spending the night in Santiago de Chuco, the birthplace of César Vallejo…
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The Mountains Are Calling …
December 11 was designated International Mountain Day by the United Nations General Assembly, in 2003, and has been observed…
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What Does Yukon Heritage Mean To You?
Here in the Yukon we are so lucky to be surrounded by an incredible richness of heritage and historical places. Like all things inherited…
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Exploring Peru: Part 2
After following the hot and dry Peruvian coast north to Lambayeque, we turned east. In a single day we left the Pacific Ocean…
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25 Ways To Add More Kindness To Your Life
Since its launch in 1998, World Kindness Day has been celebrated around the world, each year, on November 13. Started by…
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Exploring Peru: Part 1
A few years ago I was lucky enough to tag along on a road trip to the north of Peru. I say “lucky” because it was a once-in-a-lifetime…
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A Less Scary Yukon Halloween
Many would argue that the point of Halloween is to be scary. Blood and gore and gruesome things are turned into costumes…
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Jump-start Your Creativity This Fall
The buzz of summer is over, and the days are getting shorter. All of a sudden, it seems, we have so many extra hours of darkness to fill.
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A Love Letter To Pike
I fell in love with northern pike this summer. If you’ve ever seen a pike up close, you’re probably wondering how one could love…
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Postcards from Peru—Madre de Dios
A few years ago, during the hot and dry days of an Andean August, I took a trip from the brown hills of Cusco…
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Appreciating Rosehips
Summer has rapidly turned into fall and it’s only a matter of time before the first snowflakes drift down to cover the golden leaves…
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Celebrating Grandparents Day
Looking through an old family photo album, recently, I was transported back to bucolic autumn days spent out on the fields…
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Amanita Muscaria
was taught at a young age that an iconic red-and-white mushroom, known as the fly agaric (Amanita muscaria), was among the most dangerous…
The Sweet Simple Pleasures of Summer
I love the hot days of summer that we’re occasionally fortunate enough to have here in the Yukon. You can usually overhear people…
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Bird Song And Its Healing Potential
What were the first sounds that you heard in the womb, besides the rhythmic drumbeat of your mother’s heart and, later on, her voice?
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Postcards from Peru – Cusco
Jessica loves being in the mountains, working with plants and exploring beyond her comfort zone. She divides time between Peru and the Yukon.
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