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• Baby Steps for Adventures Far-Flung and Close
• Learning Journey — Where A Career Wanders
• Internet Chatter – Bikes and Other Fun Among Crazy Birds
• Historic Neighbourhood of Stories
• Christmas Crystal Memories to Hold
• Before Smoky Skies: Vacation Spirits at Cowichan Bay, British Columbia
• Bumping into the Personal: From Museum Exhibits to Identity, Anti-Asian Sentiment and Activism. Part 2.
• Mist and Brightness: Beaver Lake, Stanley Park
• From Museum Exhibits, Personal Stories to Anti-Asian North American Sentiment in 21st Century. Part 1
• Beauty Long for Now
• Bird Miracles in our Neighbourhood
• Unveiling Vancouver Temperate Rainforests
• Self-Care or Self-Indulgence
• Heron with Punk Haircut and Other Birdie Delights
• Gathering Cosy and Safe for Christmas
• Overlooked Paths: Discovery and Unexpected Encounters
• Outdoor Art Adds a Different City Heartbeat
• Becoming Bird-Alert
• Social Bonding Over Food
• Nature as Solace During Uncertain Times
• Daily Life Lessons During Covid-19 Pandemic
• Fragility of Interconnected Mortality, Trust and Love
• Cherry Blossom Bouquets, Sharing Obsession
• Six Courses for Over Six Decades
• Jasper National Park- Away from Thronging Crowds
• A Life –So Far
• Christmas Snow Beauty, Whimsy and Deliciousness
• Monarchs and Other Butterfly Surprises: Toronto
• Dinosaur Dreams and Stories –Past and Now
• Miracle Moments: Of Bears, National Bird and Other Critters at Banff National Park
• A Wilderness Jewel: Lake Moraine
• Art and Alchemy of Glassmaking: Tacoma, Washington
• Glass Art Fantasia in Seattle
• Bowing Wild Deer, Warrior with a Writing Brush
• Art Awakens Commuters, Tourists: Transit Rail Stations
• Touch My Seoul and its Strength
• Startled by Wildlife in Urban Parks
• Deep Temple Bell, Celestial Female Musicians
• Christmas Snow Celebrations
• For Fun, Attention or Quiet Self-Identity : National Heritage Dress
• Food Art, Tofu Doughnuts and Octopus Kimchi Pancake: Japan and Seoul, South Korea
• Hike Up at Fushimi-Inari
• Escape to Arashiyama, Part I: Many Faces of Buddhism, Nuances in Zen Moss Garden
• Much Matcha Green Tea Desserts: Japan and Seoul, South Korea
• Different Flavours for Different Farmers’ Markets: Canada and Abroad
• Reverence, Respect, Omission or Violence – Paintings on Women Over Centuries
• Care and Creative Expressions: 500 Years for L’Hotel Dieu
• Awestruck on La Rambla and Beyond: Barcelona, Spain.
• 5 Kids in One-Bedroom Apartment- Unearthing Space and Its Impact
• Blogging is My Truth-Telling
• Bike Touring : Some Life Tips
• Christmas – Strange, Wonderful and Quirky
• Autumn Amble for Wild Birds
• Are North American Cities Boring?
• Flickers of Chance: Wild Creature Sights
• Humanities and Arts: Talent and Creativity Redefines Logic
• Canadian Camping Newbie @32 Years
• Warming Up to Bison Art and Branding
• Rothenburg ob der Tauber: Tracing German Medieval, Reformation Restraint and Northern Renaissance
• Rhubarb Mow Down, Chow Down
• A Candle for Canada’s 150th Birthday
• Reject Not at First Glance : Stained Glass Church Art
• Sagrada Familia: Gaudi’s Church of Flowering Spirit, Exaltation, Chaotic Life and Sanctuary
• Small and Suave: Dijon Lures with Charm and Wonder
• Where Was I? During History in the Making
• Bald Eagle in Wilderness, Our Neighbourhood – Brackendale Eagles Provincial Park and Vancouver
• Gingerbread Dreamscapes and Christmas Hopes
• Cycling the Grands Crus Wine Route: France’s Burgundy Red Wine Region
• My European Food Trip Shock: Meat, Poached Eggs, Wine and Pastries
• Teenager Helps Father Sponsor Relatives to Immigrate to Canada
• Creative Alchemy of Making Unfettered Art. Part 2 – Blogging, Writing
• Creative Alchemy of Making Unfettered Art. Part 1 – Visual Art
• Easy-Peasy or Daunting: Getting to Local Art and Attractions by Bike, Foot, Transit
• This Traveller Loves to Come Home Too
• Living Best as City Mouse
• Cycling Through Curtains of Fog, Twilight and Darkness
• Cycling Love in India: Profile of Mother, Physician Blogger
• Magnolia and Cherry Blossom Cascades
• That Train in My Canadian Cycling Horizon
• Canadian Contrasts or Ignorance: 3 Cities, 3 Solitudes
• Canadian Canoe Museum : Plying Waters of Culture, History and Geographic Exploration
• Taste Ticklers: Matcha Green Tea Desserts or Monster Squash Sprouts?
• Balancing Between Active and Brain-Based: Your Passions For Life
• Christmas Lights, Colours- In Nature and by Human Touch
• Judge Not the Poor: Eating Healthy
• Social Media – Humanizing or Lack of Deep Accountability
• Mountain Leaf and Light Dancing
• Bald Eagle: Fierce Majesty at Attention
• Paint My Heart in Autumn Red-Gold and Orange
• Crafting My Personal Blogger Infographic
• Cyclists Not All Tree-Huggers, Left-Wingers and Other Stereotypes
• Cycling Fires My Five Senses, Inspiration
• Flying 50 Years for Canada- Celebrating the National Flag
• Prairie’s Declaration of Horse Love in Art
• Salmon Art Leaps Into Pacific West Coast Imagination
• Cycling and Searching for Sublime Seafood Chowder
• Hanging Onto My Broken Mother Tongue
• Blogging is My Writing Candy
• Comfort Food Requires No Recipe
• More than Just Dragons- Art on Chinese-Canadian Experience
• Nature’s Riot of Life after Forest Fire: Marble Canyon Park, British Columbia
• Christmas- Gratitude and Winter Snow Magic
• Part 2. Food for Canadian Soul and Fans – Shaped by Climate, Soil, Water and Culture
• Halloween Night of Super Heroines and Feminist Beginnings
• Sharing Love, Cycling Passion and Idiosyncrasies
• A Shimmer of Watery Flower Dreams
• Not a Badass? Then Dear Follower, Tell Us Who You Are
• Marriage of Cowboys, Dolls, Bicycles and Chopsticks
• Look into Canada’s Soul: Part I. Freaking Out Over Vast Time, Distance and Climatic Toughness
• Sea Asparagus – a Touch of Green Ocean Saltiness
• Rising with Community Gardens: Three Cities
• From Race Around the World Series: Chinese-Canadian. Part 14
• What Shapes Me: Neighbourhoods That Are Walkable, Cycleable
• Dreams of Cycling Customers: Bicycle Pasta, Bike-Inspired Menus and Window Dressing
• Blogging is Painting My Story Robe
• The Lightness of Becoming 55
• Snowshoeing: Humble Snow Steps in Canada’s Vastness and History
• Whimsical Dreams of Christmas Gingerbread Magic
• Chameleon Art: Art That Teases Imagination
• Stir Fried Laziness: Beet Greens in Chili-Garlic Soy Bean Sauce with Tomatoes, Ginger and Noodles
• Cycling Lifestyle: Living an Unconscious Feminist Life
• Major Flood or Disaster- Do Transportation Habits Change?
• Firing Up Green Space: Eco-Transformation of Brick Works. Don River Valley, Toronto
• Post-Flood: Art and Memory Along the Bow River, Calgary
• Waterfalls, Falling Sheets of Mist
• Bike to Work Day, Month: Affirmation in 3 Canadian Cities
• Injecting Life and Identity: Outdoor Public Art in the Prairies
• Escaping Slavery into Ontario: Underground Railroad Spawned Afro-Canadian Communities
• Cycling Greenways – Umbilical Cord to My Past Neighbourhoods: Prairies, West Coast and Ontario
• It’s Dog-Gone Love: Trinkets, Fashion and Urban Infrastructure for Dogs
• Are You a Couch Foodie, Garden Foodie or Stove-Top Foodie?
• Ice Sculptures: Frozen, Ethereal Aspirations
• Drama at Construction Sites : Things I Never Knew
• Christmas Haiku Meditations
• Climbing the Skies, the Roughness: Painting and Cycling
• Red Rock Canyon: Nature’s Open Heart Surgery
• Easily Drunk on Cycle-Touring in Wine Regions
• A Fitness Match Made in Heaven: Your Personality And Your Favourite Sport
• Cycling-Themed Eateries: Attracting Everyone Plus Cyclists Too
• St. George Rainway: Painting a Bygone Salmon Stream
• 2010 Olympic Birthmarks in Neighbourhoods: Vancouver, BC
• How to Celebrate Bike-Pedestrian Bridges: Let Me Count Thy Ways
• Cycle-Adventuring for Fun, Low-Cost Food at Ethnic Grocery Stores and Supermarkets
• Nurturing Life: In Praise of Gardeners, Keepers of the Earth
• Cherry Blossom Ballet in Vancouver: Nature and New Mural Art
• Asia in My Dreams: Romanticizing the East
• Buffy Sainte-Marie: A Life of Song and Social Justice Activism
• Cesky Krumlov: Czech Interpretations of Medieval and Renaissance Architecture
• Spa Pampering in a Dog’s Life: Bakeries, Bike Trailers and More
• Romanticizing the Best: Asian Craze for Gourmet European Desserts
• Lake Louise Snowshoeing: Snow Glazed Mountains, Ice Castles and Bison Reuben Sandwiches
• Zen Proverb on Bicycling
• Canadian Reindeer Look-Alikes: Elk, Caribou and Mule Deer
• Christmas Song Parodies: Cycling and Blogging
• 900 Years of Architectural Legacy: Why Prague is a Royal Empress
• Cycling For Favourite Foods To Devour at Farmers’ Markets
• Lotus Flower- From Root to Flower to Seed, It Feeds Our Senses
• Saskatoon Berries— Wild Little Berry with Potential
• Rocky Mountain Cycling Interlude: Bighorn Sheep, Ragged Peaks and Turquoise Waters
• Calgary Stampede Week: Cycle-Ridin’ Through Cowboy Hats and Pancakes
• An Idyllic Summer Escape to Vancouver Island for Maidei
• Maidei Touches Down in Vancouver, B.C.
• Kicking up Focaccia con frutta (Fruit Focaccia): My Way with Ginger Root and Spices
• Supersized Meals Along Cycling Trips : Gulping Surprises
• Cycling A Piece of Maidei’s Global Relay Journey: Calgary, Alberta
• North West Mounted Police: Red Jacket Legacy of the RCMP
• Butternut Squash Chic : Carrying on Stir-Fried Memories
• More Snowshoeing for Snow Mountain Addicts and the Vertigo-Inclined
• Snow Shuffling Trips: Snowshoeing Beyond Mountains to Winter Vineyards and More
• Roaming Around for Bison: Distinctly North American, Lean and Maybe Gourmet
• Kohl Rabi Memories and Redux
• Outdoor Art Work as a Thread of National History Across Canada: Monuments to Chinese-Canadian Railway Workers
• European City Museums More than Second Cousins: Centuries of Rich History
• Mosaic Park – A Creative Stream of Community Consciousness and Dreams
• Interactive Bike Store Window Art- Invitation to Imagine, Mimic, Maybe Cycle
• Behold a Stork! Sightings During Cycling Trip
• Tour de Gateau, Torte and Kugelhopf
• Come and Get Your Dumpling: Some West-East Comparisons
• Stained Glass Art – A European Sampler of Refracted Light and Colour
• Freiburg, Germany: Cycling Among Medieval and Renaissance Restoration
• Cycling for Spargel, Kirsch and Blue Painted Bikes: Black Forest Region, Germany.
• Under the Shadow of Giant Sparrows: Sharing Public Space at Olympic and ParaOlympic Village Open House
• Canon Canada’s Gala Event: Supporting Community Gardens, Showcasing Excellence in Sport and Music.
• Missed and Real Encounters: Pacific Whales and Wild Dolphins
• Cycling under Cherry Pink Flowering Bowers
• People’s Oases: Community Gardens
• More Iconic Olympic Photo Memories. Part 2
• Anointing the Night with Fireworks and Waterworks
• On Art in Outdoor Public Spaces and Inside the Human Body
• Iconic Photo Memories- 2010 Winter Olympics. Part I
• An Olympic Relay Torchbearer: Rick Hansen, Man in Motion and Still Spinning
• To Be or Not to Be: The Most Sustainable Olympics
• Cycling Towards an Olympic Hero: Harry Jerome
• Aboriginal Artistic Interpretations- Exploring Connection, Disconnection and Transformation
• Duct-Taping an Olympic Host City for Security
• Cultural Olympiad Vancouver 2010- Lantern Sculptures Light the Way
• The Northern House and Arctic Memories