President’s message (August 2020)
Nine catches is considered a juggle. If you can toss three balls three times and catch them then consider yourself a juggler. Between building frames and checking for capped honey, …
President’s message (July 2020)
Four Canadian flags with hearts on them are taped to the living room window; a reminder that we may have limited the spread of COVID but still have to be …
President’s message (June 2020)
In a world that seems to be ripping apart at the seams with change; grappling with a virus that continues unabated in some locales and protesting marchers occupying parks and …
President’s message (May 2020)
With life on “pause” I feel like these past weeks have been lifted from the movie Groundhog Day and I have been forced to examine my habits and do all …
President’s message (April 2020)
Bee Kind. Bee Calm. Bee safe. * There is a Canadian flag with a heart instead of a maple leaf taped to the living room window and the apple tree …
President’s message (March 2020)
Have you got your toilet paper? There’s a run on toilet paper, y’know and hand sanitizer and face masks – just in case! There are, however, plenty of Coronas, since people …
President’s message (February 2020)
A new grandchild has arrived in the family named Emmaline Odette (after a suffragette and a spy) happily distracting me from winter rains. Excitement has swept over the extended family with …
President’s message (January 2020)
A friend’s Facebook post suggested that I type, “In 2020 I am going to” and then let the predictive text feature finish the sentence for me. Apparently I am going to …
President’s message (November 2019)
I didn’t have a lot of honey this year, like so many beekeepers on the southern tip of Vancouver Island. I would like to blame it on the long winter, short …
President’s message (October 2019)
I watched as Greta Thunberg sat at the table of the United Nations Climate Summit and chastised my generation. She had been the catalyst behind the march of hundreds of thousands, …