• Theam on the Big Island

    As Montréal got pummeled with the first big snowstorm of the season a couple of weeks back, I was incredibly lucky to be on the Big Island of Hawaii with…

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  • Hanging Out With Elephants

    While I’ve never had a particular fascination with elephants, when I found myself in Chiang Mai, Thailand, last month, I felt compelled to take the opportunity to see Asian elephants…

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  • Microburst

    Microburst: a word I’d never heard before this week — but now that I’ve seen what one can do, a word I’ll remember. The Montreal Gazette calls it “an intense,…

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  • Signs of Summer

    I’ve fallen way behind in posting. Instead of continuing to stare at all the great ideas I have for epic posts and not actually writing any of them, I’ll try…

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  • Spring Butterflies

    I took a trip to Montreal’s Botanical Gardens to be surrounded by butterflies. After a long, dreary winter, it was exactly what I needed.

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  • Lighting the Forest

    A couple of hours east of Montreal lies a natural phenomenon called the Coaticook River Gorge. During the day, hikers cross its spectacular 169-metre suspension footbridge and picnic by the…

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