by pattihenderson | Jun 22, 2014 | Weekend Adventures
Back in 1912, renaissance woman Mary Vaux wrote of her adventures in the Canadian Rockies: “A day on the trail, or a scramble over the glacier, or even with a quiet day at camp to get things in order for morrow’s conquest? Somehow when once this wild spirit enters the...
by pattihenderson | Jun 15, 2014 | Weekend Adventures
Happy Father’s Day to all the Dad’s out there, and to my Dad, Jack! As I am out on my Southern Alberta back road adventures each weekend I often think of my Dad, who would love the wide open spaces, the acres and acres of fertile ground, the field after field dotted...
by pattihenderson | Jun 8, 2014 | Weekend Adventures
Have you ever been on a long drive, listening to the radio, and actually start really listening to the lyrics of songs? On most of my Alberta Adventures I have been “in the zone” paying attention to my Back Roads of Alberta maps and, of course, the road ahead....
by pattihenderson | Jun 1, 2014 | Weekend Adventures
Haruki Murakami, the brilliant author of such books as Norwegian Wood and 1Q84 writes in Kafka on the Shore “When you come out of the storm, you won’t be the same person who walked in. That’s what the storm is all about.” I think he might be on to something! Many of...
by pattihenderson | May 25, 2014 | Weekend Adventures
The title for today’s post comes from a scrumptious new book I picked up on my travels yesterday, called “A Tale for the Time Being” by Vancouver Island author Ruth Ozeki. I haven’t purchased a new book in such a long time and when I saw this title in the charming...
Hi, I’m Patti, wonderer, wanderer and photographer. During the week I’m a marketer in the publishing industry and on weekends I take to the road to explore this beautiful planet we live on.