I write about things and places I wish to remember.
View from the Mountain of the Dead, Siwa, Egypt (2025)
Water is Vital
Community cleanup along the Bow River in Calgary, Alberta.
Photo: paddleboarder passing by on the Bow River while we were collecting trash
Nature Books and Art📗🎨
Some of the pieces of art by Neil Kathol - on exhibit at AWA until mid-March 2026.
Haikus for Nature XII
Results for my #WhatsYour60 challenge - December, 2025
Photo: Bow River, December 10, 2025
Haikus for Nature XI
Results for my #WhatsYour60 challenge - November, 2025
Photo: Autumn’s slumber brings Spring’s awakening
AWA’s 60th Anniversary
60 years old - AWA is the oldest environmental conservation group in the province of Alberta! 🌟
Special AWA logo for our 60th anniversary.
Sometimes you Need to Fight⚖️
“Coal is a combustible black or brownish-black sedimentary rock with a high amount of carbon and hydrocarbons. Coal is classified as a nonrenewable energy source because it takes millions of years to form.” ~ U.S. Energy Information Administration
Haikus for Nature X
X - Results for my #WhatsYour60 challenge - October, 2025
Photo: A wonderful Greek olive tree, on the north slope of Acrocorinth (2025)
Haikus for Nature IX
IX - Results for my #WhatsYour60 challenge - September, 2025 -
Photo: Fish Creek Provincial Park
Haikus for Nature VIII
VIII - Results for my #WhatsYour60 challenge - August, 2025 -
Photo: Bumblebee on a red hollyhock
Haikus for Nature VII
VII - Results for my #WhatsYour60 challenge - July, 2025
Papaver orientale
Cypress Hills Refugia
AWA and her partners held a bioblitz in Cypress Hills Provincial Park in southern Alberta, from June 6-8.
Cypress Hills Bioblitz - Public Day
Photo: Cypress Hills Provincial Park, Alberta (R. Luo, 2025)
Haikus for Nature V
V - Results for my #WhatsYour60 challenge - May, 2025
Photo: nesting Canada geese
Haikus for Nature II
Results for my #WhatsYour60 - February, 2025
A bitter cold February walk across the Bow River! -25C