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Van Waffle

Writer, Naturalist, Photographer

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Speedwell: Tribute to a fictional rabbit

Posted on June 12, 2019October 20, 2021 by Van Waffle

Inspired by Watership Down, I transplant blue-flowered speedwell into my garden to sprint and tell jokes around the larger plants.

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Review: A classic in creative career design

Posted on July 31, 2018July 31, 2018 by Van Waffle

Creating a Life Worth Living by Carol Lloyd (1997) is a classic in the self-help genre for artists, providing a pattern for career design.

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Interview with gluten free expert Joe Murray

Posted on January 13, 2015 by Van Waffle

In my research for Gluten-Free Living I’ve spoken with many experts, focusing particularly on celiac disease and non-celiac gluten sensitivity. I’ve had the…

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A passion for places

Posted on September 23, 2014September 22, 2014 by Van Waffle

It’s something many people take for granted, but it shapes who we are. Why We Live Where We Live is a new book…

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Farley Mowat leaves an imprint

Posted on May 7, 2014March 3, 2022 by Van Waffle

Well-known Canadian author and environmentalist Farley Mowat has died at 92. His 1963 bestseller, Never Cry Wolf, is credited with changing public perception…

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Flight or flow: where will it take us?

Posted on June 22, 2013August 2, 2013 by Van Waffle

A woman on a path to destroy her life stops in her tracks when she witnesses a vision of magical fire. It turns…

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Shedding light on celiac disease; seeking a cure

Posted on May 2, 2013June 17, 2013 by Van Waffle

You can double your value this month. I have two articles in the May/June 2013 issue of Gluten-Free Living. One is based on…

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Pursuing giraffe, studying humans along the way

Posted on December 13, 2012March 3, 2022 by Van Waffle

In 1956, following a childhood dream, a Canadian woman apparently became the first zoologist to conduct a long-term study of large mammals in…

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Illuminating turkey intelligence

Posted on July 24, 2012March 3, 2022 by Van Waffle

Naturalist Joe Hutto spent a year as the adoptive parent of a brood of wild turkeys. His journal of the experience not only…

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The New Geography of Brunch

Posted on June 2, 2012February 28, 2014 by Van Waffle

In the past year we have significantly changed how we eat at our house. We need to eat more healthily for our bodies,…

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Van on Flickr

  • Peony
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  • Eramosa River - Late autumn dusk
  • Light and shadow - Lake Erie
  • Lake Erie winter beach
  • Crushed
  • Lake Erie, December afternoon
  • White stucco cottage
Genius Loci: The Spirit of a Place is a Flickr group curated by Van with 250 members and growing, exploring how places influence our lives.

Genius Loci

  • Close up of fallen
  • Dolphin Rock, Point Cartwright, Sunshine Coast Qld.
  • Praia Da Apulia
  • Chiesa di San Carlo dei Lombardi in Florence, Italy.
  • Dr Draw [42 sec]
  • Tyne Cot Commonwealth War Graves Cemetery
  • Wyoming – Yellowstone National Park
  • Waterfall at Carsaig

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