Art Journals 3

This is the third in a series of interviews with Joan Gregory.

I met Joan in a course I was taking. One day she happened to bring her journal to class which was filled with quotes, drawings, and collage as well as writing and notes. Several of us were interested enough that she agreed to do [...]

Art Journals

Journaling with Words and Images

The second in a series of interviews with Joan Gregory about Art Journaling

I met Joan in a course I was taking. One day she happened to bring her journal to class which was filled with quotes, drawings, and collage as well as writing and notes. Several of us were interested enough [...]

Art Journals

Journaling with Words and Images

The first in a series of interviews with Joan Gregory about Art Journaling

Handmade Journals

I met Joan in a course I was taking. One day she happened to bring her journal, which was filled with quotes, drawings, and collage as well as writing and notes. Several of us were interested enough that [...]

Leafy Splendor

Last week when the late afternoon sun and a breeze turned the leaves, wearing their last burst of intense colour, into drifting magic, Aimee and I went for a walk.  One of the things about keeping company with a dog is knowing that you will be outside at least four or five times that day, [...]

Mentoring - Connect to Success

Last January I became a mentor for Connect to Success, the Vancouver YWCA program that serves women who are entering or re-entering the workforce in a professional or skilled field, or who are underemployed and looking for more meaningful employment.  I’ve thoroughly enjoyed the process and look forward to being a mentor again.

If you know [...]

Beginning

I am the kind of person that likes to share my discoveries with someone (the sort that reads good bits from the book she’s reading aloud).

For years I was a member of a management team, and got used to being able to chat for a minute or two during a break, or coming back from [...]

Summer in the City

Today I had an early morning leadership training session for a client, so woke at 5:00 AM, about two hours before I am usually ready to give up sleeping. It was still dark, and hard to get moving until the light began to show. Aimee the West Highland Terrier and I emerged for her morning [...]