Sue Coleman paints the animals, plants and landscapes of British Columbia including their spirit and energetic aspects. The spirits are taken from First Nation traditions.

After thirty years of photographing sacred landscapes on all seven continents, in the past nine years I have focused my camera in one place my swimming pool. -Photo of Courtney Milne by Frances Robson

We mourn the passing of poet/artist Ric Masten, who was born in Carmel, California, in 1929. In his youth he studied art in Paris, France. Became an oil painter and has had many exhibitions in the United States. Became a songwriter working for Warner Bros. Records in the late 50s.

Some people are born with a silver spoon in their mouths; I was born with a needle and thread in my hand. Needlework came naturally to me as if it is something I brought with me to this life from a time before. I have created with fabric, needle and thread since before I could

Mary Karavos is a Paper Fiber Artist, a graduate in Fine Arts from the Ontario College of Art and Design, with a year of advanced studies at the OCAD College in Florence, Italy. The Florentine light and color and her love of paper inspired her to develop a unique style of collage that produces images

During my 78 years on this planet I can think of only three people who knew everything. I mean, whatever the subject, they could expound on it they could quote from it. It got so that when ever I saw one of them coming I would cross the street to avoid being lectured “to,” or

I’m stuffed into a silver suit….is it enough to be the attendant pumping gasinto a car driven by someone who worksthe night shiftat a factory making partsfor one small componentin a rocket engine?

Ric ponders the nature of zealots; struggling to be in the present; disposing of the ashes of a cremated friend: the psychology of suicide: and phosphorescent creatures from the sea.

Ric Mastens regular poetry column focuses on issues of loneliness, enjoying his beard, and a cat with more than nine lives.

Salmon Coming HomeCameron La Follette After A WhileVeronica A. Shoffstall Words & One-LinersRic Masten