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Susan Musgrave: The Poet

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|Date: November 01, 2019
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Susan Musgrave: The Poet

Writer and poet Susan Musgrave’s life is a far cry from the mundane. In fact, she says her role as a “soc ...

Writer and poet Susan Musgrave’s life is a far cry from the mundane. In fact, she says her role as a “social misfit” started early in life, when she was kicked out of her kindergarten class for laughi ...

November 01, 2019
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Bridging the Gap

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|Date: August 01, 2019
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Bridging the Gap

INSPIRED Magazine contributor Joan Boxall discusses her new book, published by Caitlin Press in May 2019: ...

INSPIRED Magazine contributor Joan Boxall discusses her new book, published by Caitlin Press in May 2019: DrawBridge: Drawing Alongside My Brother’s Schizophrenia by Joan Boxall Illustrations by ...

August 01, 2019
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Getting Ready For Big Magic

Posted by J. Kathleen Thompson
|Date: July 01, 2019
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Getting Ready For Big Magic

One of my favourite quotes is “All the arts we practise are apprenticeships, the big art is our life,” pe ...

One of my favourite quotes is “All the arts we practise are apprenticeships, the big art is our life,” penned by M.C. Richards, an American poet and potter. While it may resonate with many readers, ot ...

July 01, 2019
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Learning From Nature

Posted by Pat Nichol
|Date: February 01, 2019
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Learning From Nature

During the last days of November, I spent a week on Bowen Island studying Compassion. Compassion for ours ...

During the last days of November, I spent a week on Bowen Island studying Compassion. Compassion for ourselves (a tough one); and compassion for others, those close and far away. We also studied compa ...

February 01, 2019
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Courageous & Outrageous – October 2018

Posted by Pat Nichol
|Date: October 01, 2018
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Courageous & Outrageous – October 2018

In the column this month, I’d like to share a freestyle poem written by my daughter. Recently published i ...

In the column this month, I’d like to share a freestyle poem written by my daughter. Recently published in her book of poetry, Mechanics of Dreaming, it called to me as I had been looking at my hands ...

October 01, 2018
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Chasing a Butterfly

Posted by Wendy Johnstone
|Date: July 01, 2018
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Chasing a Butterfly

“Caregiving leaves its mark on us. No matter what we do to prepare ourselves, the hole left behind looms ...

“Caregiving leaves its mark on us. No matter what we do to prepare ourselves, the hole left behind looms large.” ~ Dale L. Baker, author Herb Bryce knows about holes. He lived down one for a portion o ...

July 01, 2018
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Never Too Late to Launch a Writing Life

Posted by J. Kathleen Thompson
|Date: May 01, 2018
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Never Too Late to Launch a Writing Life

At age 64, while Leslie A. Davidson was awaiting the release of her first published book, she heard she h ...

At age 64, while Leslie A. Davidson was awaiting the release of her first published book, she heard she had won the CBC Literary Prize for Creative Non-Fiction. She was sure neither luck nor magic had ...

May 01, 2018
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