There wasn't one single thing that led me to pack my bags and travel across the globe, but suffice it to say, the final years of the 2000’s were a pivotal time for me. I left a lot of things behind in Canada, and have tried to leave my mark on many things in my journeys abroad.
Read MoreI pick up my camera and feel a little something on my hand. Strange. I look down, and in the dim light, I see a couple of black specks. So I head to the bathroom, flip on the light, put my camera over the white porcelain sink and brush the side of it with my left hand. A couple dozen black specks appear against the whiteness below, and they're moving.
Unsure of exactly what I'm seeing, I have a look at the open charging port on the camera, and tiny ants are flowing out. My camera has turned into an ant farm.
Read MoreOnce again, I did a lot of my storytelling on Instagram this year. I really love the fact that I can share so quickly when I’m on the ground and as the stories are coming together for me right then and there.
This ability to share shorted micro-stories has really become a real joy, even if it has meant less has made it to the blog.
Read MoreMy Mom turned 65 years old this past weekend, and it had me thinking about how we create markers in time in our lives. And it had me thinking to the time when she turned 60 years old.
Read MoreEvery year around this time, I spend some time reflecting on the year gone by.
What really happened in the past 12 months? What went really well, and what could have been better? What did I accomplish, and what did I learn? At first glance, it may seem simple, but I spend hours and hours going through it all to really develop the picture.
Read MoreI spent even more time sharing on Instagram in 2015. More than 20 countries were featured out of hundreds of images I shot and shared from around the world. So as 2015 turns to 2016, I thought it would be a good idea to look back and see what the cream of the crop (at least decided by good, old-fashioned "likes") rose to the top.
Read MoreLast July, I had had the opportunity to speak in front of over 3000 people at the World Domination Summit in Portland, Oregon. Check out the video and see why you need to grab inspiration wherever you find it, and use it to do amazing things.
Read MoreI spent a bit of time sharing snapshots and other images from my catalog on Instagram in 2014. More than 20 countries were featured out of hundreds of images I've shot from around the world. So as 2014 winds down, I thought it would be a good idea to look back and see what the cream of the crop (at least decided by my followers!) was like.
Read MoreI recently came back from a backcountry hike in British Columbia, and a curious thing happens when you get away from mobile phone coverage...
We tend to go deeper.
Deeper thoughts. Deeper questions. Deeper conversation.
There were five of us on the 4-day trip, and everyone else was a generation older than I was. After dinner one evening, I posed a question:
If you could, what advice would you give your 33 year old self?
Read MoreFor the third year in a row I picked a challenge, grabbed a school girl dress, and brought along a few others to join me in some Do It in a Dress fun. For this year, five of us headed to Top of the World Park in beautiful British Columbia, all of whom are seasoned backcountry hikers. This made my job pretty easy to be honest. Even the dog "Rosco" carried his own backpack.
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