The old Transilvania Bakery in Vancouver had an almost cartoonish exterior. Its stained cedar planking stood out on the block of stores along its West Broadway location. Transilvania Peasant Bread was spelled out in roughly sawn wood letters nailed above its front window.… Continue reading
The Stanley Park Causeway, a narrow ribbon connecting the Lions Gate Bridge and the City of Vancouver, curves through a thick forest of cedar, fir and hemlock trees. It’s the only way into and out of the city for people who live on the North Shore. A narrow three-lane road that carries 60 – 70,000 cars each day.… Continue reading
Driving off the ferry at Tsawwassen, we catch our first glimpse of Vancouver, tiny against the Lions and the North Shore Mountains in the background, the expanse of farmland in the fore.
It is nestled between rock, forest, water, fertile earth and sky of billowy clouds. It nurtures me still, 11 years after leaving it for Pender Island.… Continue reading