@Cabin12Victoria is an amazing story. The owner Corey Judd raised the capital to start his restaurant from a Facebook group. Cabin 12 is home to our morning #victoriatweetup. We’ve enjoyed the casual atmosphere and honest home cooked food on many occasions. Now, they need our help. Operating funds have dried up – not surprising for a newer restaurant in November in Victoria BC. Corey is staging a fundraiser on Saturday November 21st from … [Read more...]
Arts Cuts Affect Us All
August 3, 2009 By Leave a Comment
Our local radio station, CFAX 1070, has on online poll “Would significant funding cuts to British Columbia’s arts programs affect you personally?” To me, the results are astonishing – over 60% of respondents indicate that they are not personally affected. And yet, if you have ever attended a live theatre performance, walked through the art gallery, listened to a free outdoor concert, sang in a choir, been a participant at a community … [Read more...]
Books for Zimbabwe
May 28, 2009 By Leave a Comment
My friend Peggy Frank of Positively Africa sends along a request for books for children in Zimbabwe from Doug Funk I need books for Zimbabwean school children and young adults. I will be sending a 20 foot steel container of books from Victoria to Harare, Zimbabwe. I hope to pack the container around June 20,3 weeks away, next month. I have around 5,000 books thanks to the Compassionate Warehouse in Esquimalt but would love to double that … [Read more...]
Solo
June 13, 2008 By Leave a Comment
Every day I take my small dog for a walk in the neighbourhood – sometimes up the hill to the Garry Oak meadow, sometimes past the temple and around. Yesterday two young girls called out, telling me how pretty she was. A long conversation ensued about the appropriate way to pet a dog, the new baby, soon to be born, whether they were any help to their mom, had they been up the hill to the meadow, their names. As we walked away I reflected and … [Read more...]
