‘Blog entries’ Archives
“Nelson” Video Blog
I am staying at the Sugar Shack www.missquincy.net a roots home music venue in Nelson. This is a lovely old private house home for Erin, Jody and Tarynn they participate in the coach surfing program and that is how i found them. I am now traveling alone again as Kenny has gone to Vancouver to be with family.
Video Blog “Penticton”
We arrived in Penticton on thursday evening and Kenny and I have been staying with my cousins, Ian and Tiff, they are part of a family farm that grows grapes as part of the Okanagan wine area, Penticton is set in a lovely area and we were looked after very well by my family. When we left on wednesday morning Ian filled up our fridge with all [...]
“Connections” By Nichole Regan
Last night was an excellent evening at the Rambling Rat 2009 Kickoff event I organized to benefit Tim Dennis and Street Kids International. The musicians, Kevin Hutchings, Andrew McFayden, and Jeremy Stuart were all moving, emotional, professional, and so good. The poets Robert Budde and Michael Cruikshank were both incredibly empathetic and [...]
RamblingRat “Event” Prince George
We are excited to announce that we are running an event in Prince George, Canada. Tickets are available at the door or via this online link. *Online bookings please bring your online printout. https://secure.e2rm.com/registrant/startup.aspx?eventid=25019 YES! I want to suport the 2009 Rambling Rat Kick Off event! After coming [...]
“Youth for Youth” RamblingRat and Future Cents
1475 The RamblingRat benefiting StreetKids International Expedition has joined partnership with Future Cents (www.futurecents.ca ) in Prince George to create a skateboard project to benefit local youth. Future Cents a community program that empowers young people with multi-barriers to make good employment and education decisions, and [...]
Going Beyond Limits… a new journey together
Well I'm finally on my way again after a wonderful rest in Smithers and I didn't leave without acquiring a new navigator! Kenny, Kristina and Mike's 14 yr old son, has joined me. Kenny is an unusually gifted boy who has a lovely heart! He had been doing some silly things in the past while without thinking of the consequences... some [...]
Smithers, BC – Community with a Heart
The beauty of the sun streaming through the snowy softness and highlighting the colors of the flowers made me think of how wonderful this community has been.
The Keans
Before i started this round the world trip i had to make the decision to sell my house and what to do with all my possessions, what to keep and what should go. I had to think long and hard about this and we somtimes create a too stronger bond to possessions than we should. For Mr and Mrs Kean and their teenage sons and daughter, [...]
Tim Dennis Sponsors Projects in Peru
Tim Dennis has joined with www.kiva.org to support two projects; these Micro loan projects are both in Peru South America. Kiva is the world's first person-to-person micro-lending website, empowering individuals to lend directly to unique entrepreneurs in the developing world. A micro loan is a small some of money that you lend [...]
The Durrells Alasaka December 6th
On December the 6th 2008 i was traveling from Fairbanks Alaska south west towards Anchorage, not far from Nenana i had stopped to assist a family that had slid off the road and down an embankment I helped to get their car safely back onto the road. I did not realise how this had affected them and how much this had meant to them and [...]