Tag: vancouver island | INSPIRED 55+ Lifestyle Magazine

Susan Musgrave: The Poet

Posted by Kate Robertson
|Date: November 01, 2019
| (2) Comments

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
| by Kate Robertson

| (2) Comments

Read more
Diving into British Columbia

Posted by Elizabeth Olson
|Date: November 01, 2019
| 0 comments

Diving into British Columbia

Peter Vassilopoulos confesses to getting hooked on snorkelling and free diving early on, “at age 11, mayb ...

Peter Vassilopoulos confesses to getting hooked on snorkelling and free diving early on, “at age 11, maybe 12,” while growing up oceanside in Cape Town. For Peter Vassilopoulos, the sea has always bee ...

November 01, 2019
| by Elizabeth Olson

| 0 comments

Read more
Return to the River

Posted by Cal Smith
|Date: March 01, 2019
| 0 comments

Return to the River

It had been 67 years since I lived on Vancouver Island and was excited to be going back. I had planned to ...

It had been 67 years since I lived on Vancouver Island and was excited to be going back. I had planned to leave tomorrow – Monday – but heavy snow was forecasted for Coquihalla highway Sunday night. I ...

March 01, 2019
| by Cal Smith

| 0 comments

Read more
My Eyes Are Never Stopping

Posted by John Thomson
|Date: August 02, 2018
| 0 comments

My Eyes Are Never Stopping

"They take me on trips," says Victoria landscape painter Anne Meggitt. “Shireen will book us somewhere to ...

"They take me on trips," says Victoria landscape painter Anne Meggitt. “Shireen will book us somewhere to stay and Brett will do all the driving.” Road trips are commonplace for Anne, her youngest dau ...

August 02, 2018
| by John Thomson

| 0 comments

Read more
Before & After – Suzanne Cascanette

Posted by INSPIRED Staff
|Date: July 01, 2018
| 0 comments

Before & After – Suzanne Cascanette

Suzanne Cascanette is a newcomer to Vancouver Island who works in international trade and is a Subject Ma ...

Suzanne Cascanette is a newcomer to Vancouver Island who works in international trade and is a Subject Matter Specialist relating to Canada Customs rules and regulations. She is partnered with a globa ...

July 01, 2018
| by INSPIRED Staff

| 0 comments

Read more
Salt Spring Rambles

Posted by Chris & Rick Millikan
|Date: April 01, 2018
| 0 comments

Salt Spring Rambles

Learning of the numerous parks on BC’s largest Gulf Island inspires an April hiking holiday on Salt Sprin ...

Learning of the numerous parks on BC’s largest Gulf Island inspires an April hiking holiday on Salt Spring. Our walkabouts begin just north of Vesuvius Bay with a pastoral two-kilometre stroll around ...

April 01, 2018
| by Chris & Rick Millikan

| 0 comments

Read more
When Music is the Medicine

Posted by Catherine Gilbert
|Date: May 01, 2017
| 0 comments

When Music is the Medicine

When music is your métier but you love to help people, how do you combine the two to make a career? Dr. J ...

When music is your métier but you love to help people, how do you combine the two to make a career? Dr. Johanne Brodeur found the answer when she began to study music therapy, which has evolved into h ...

May 01, 2017
| by Catherine Gilbert

| 0 comments

Read more
Telegraph Cove Calling

Posted by Joan Boxall
|Date: April 01, 2017
| 0 comments

Telegraph Cove Calling

Telegraph Cove lies on the northeast coast of Vancouver Island at the entrance way to Johnstone Strait. H ...

Telegraph Cove lies on the northeast coast of Vancouver Island at the entrance way to Johnstone Strait. How you enter depends on your landlubber or sea salt status. ...

April 01, 2017
| by Joan Boxall

| 0 comments

Read more
Old Dame; Young Heart

Posted by Carol Matthews
|Date: July 01, 2013
| 0 comments

Old Dame; Young Heart

In the early sixties, when Hilly was studying at the Academy of Fine Arts in Rotterdam, she worked as a s ...

In the early sixties, when Hilly was studying at the Academy of Fine Arts in Rotterdam, she worked as a stylist for a well-known designer while she designed and sewed clothes for her friends to make a ...

July 01, 2013
| by Carol Matthews

| 0 comments

Read more
Life on the Lights

Posted by Enise Olding
|Date: March 01, 2007
| 0 comments

Life on the Lights

"I'll give it a year and if I don't like it I'll leave!" That's the deal Evelyn Bruton made with her hers ...

"I'll give it a year and if I don't like it I'll leave!" That's the deal Evelyn Bruton made with her herself when she was 19 and headed out on her own from Ellerslie, Alberta to Vancouver. Unbeknownst ...

March 01, 2007
| by Enise Olding

| 0 comments

Read more
The Art of Hand Blown Glass

Posted by Enise Olding
|Date: February 01, 2007
| 0 comments

The Art of Hand Blown Glass

When people enter GBS, the welcome they'll get from Ann Fowle is as sparkling, warm and alive as the deli ...

When people enter GBS, the welcome they'll get from Ann Fowle is as sparkling, warm and alive as the delightful array of glass objects that surround her. Full of enthusiastic energy, Ann is eager to i ...

February 01, 2007
| by Enise Olding

| 0 comments

Read more
Lantzville: Hometown Heart

Posted by Darryl Wilson
|Date: January 01, 2007
| 0 comments

Lantzville: Hometown Heart

The small coastal community of Lantzville may be a lot quieter since its days as a booming coal mine town ...

The small coastal community of Lantzville may be a lot quieter since its days as a booming coal mine town in the early 1920s, but its heart still beats strong. The Village Pub, also affectionately kno ...

January 01, 2007
| by Darryl Wilson

| 0 comments

Read more