Ooooh! Look what's coming next spring to PT's sister theatre on Vancouver Island, the Chemainus Theatre Festival. Rare opportunity to see this particularly Soul Foodish Strindberg. March 11 to April 3 STRINDBERG'S EASTER by August Strindberg Innovatively staged, this classic drama explores possibility, transformation and hope. A fallen family with an unpaid debt is held in the ...

... to remind me that I needed some exercise. We went out for our usual walk/bike ride. Then, because it was still sunny but not expected to stay that way, we seized the day by driving down to Chemainus and strolling around. Chemainus is a lovely little town, full of murals, and it was the murals that I wanted to see - but as soon as we arrived, Robin discovered this fellow - who was actually a little ...

... special day on the island as the Olympic torch was being paraded through the communities as a pre view to the 2010 Winter Games in Vancouver. Saturday evening Sara and I had tickets for a dinner theatre play in Chemainus, a small town about 25 minutes south of Nanaimo.  We also found out that before the play the Olympic torch would arrive so we headed to the small down town centre. It was a ...

A few weeks ago -- on the way home from Susan's memorial, actually -- I snapped this picture of a freighter laying at anchor just off Chemainus. I was curious about it, but never took the time to pursue it. But yesterday this story was in the local paper. Apparently it was for sale, and there's lots more where that one came from! And speaking of our local paper, this morning there was ...

... ;Englishman River (parksville) – has dropped below warning level •Nanaimo River – has dropped 0.5 metres from its peak and continues to fall, but remains above flood warning level •Chemainus River – has dropped below warning level •Cowichan River – Continuing to rise slowly following overnight rain (which ended at 2AM). Near a 5‐year return period.

... to do anything as I was also sick. Anyway I am now feeling better. I had a successful sale of Nepali crafts on Saturday and it was nice to see so many sponsors who dropped by to see me. I am at the Chemainus Fire Hall this Saturday. I have been hearing from Mann in Nepal almost daily since returning home. He has just successfully renewed the charity with the Social Welfare Council which has to ...