It was an honor to perform the wedding ceremony for Deanne and Geordie this August, adapting the standard Sufi Universal Worship service to include their love of nature. We were on the gorgeous deck overlooking the ocean, with eagles in the evergreen treetops. Along with their wonderful family and friends, the ceremony was witnessed by…
Gastown Quiet?
Gastown is as quiet as any residential neighbourhood this Labour Day Saturday morning. Its like this every long weekend. We went to Hon's for dinner last night and it was quiet and empty there, not the usual noisy bustling Chinatown restaurant. This is my first time using the iPad wordpress blogging app and it seems…
Yikes! 2011! Catching Up vs Carrying On?
Many bloggers before me have answered this Hamlet-like question, do I catch up with all that has happened up until now, or do I just carry on, one post at a time. It was the same dilemma I faced as a child, given a beautiful bound daily diary with its own special lock and key.…
I Love “In Love with the Mystery”
Editorial work for Ann Mortifee's new book and cd project, In Love with the Mystery, has been extremely satisfying and a personally deepening experience. Ever since I had the opportunity to work with curator Pavel Alejandro Barrios Sosa on the English translation of his catalogue essay on the group exhibition in Cuba, Los Artistas Majos,…
8000 Sacred Drums Ceremony in Vancouver
8,000 Sacred Drums Ceremony March 21, 2009 2:00-5:00 pm Victory Square Park (Cambie and E. Hastings) This is a worldwide call to Indigenous Peoples and Humankind to join together. According to a 500 year old Otomi (Mexico) Prophecy, the day when the sounds of eight thousand sacred drums join together an intense healing Healing of…
Good for US but not in Canada
I was really interested in the Amazon print on demand arrangement for books that are all ready to go, and only need to be printed. This is different from their BookSurge service that does the kind of work we offer here at Alpha Glyph. At first I was very keen for it, because it combines…
CAROL SILL 