What do a guitar, a bike and an olive have in common? This August #RollingOlive will embark on a 10-city, 3 000 km music cycling tour across much of Canada in support of the David Suzuki Foundation's Blue Dot movement. With a Masters in Music and as an Emergency Room nurse, I'm not just driven, I'm pedal powered to make a change.
 
The whole idea for this tour came from a conversation I had with a friend. We were talking about a song I wrote about monarch butterflies called Paper Wings. She said, “You’re…Read more

I have a talent that I'm going to share with you all, I can complain better than anybody I know. I may have a Masters in Music, but I deserve a PhD in complaining! It can go on for hours, any subject you like, I have the ability to find some point to complain about, and sometimes after hearing myself go on and on I just think "Shut up!".

This past winter I was tired of listening to myself complain about the state of our environment, so I decided to join forces with the David Suzuki Foundation and their Blue…Read more

The first time I ever did chest compressions on a guy who was clinically dead I felt his ribs crack under my hands, that's normal! A few minutes later I heard the Doctor say "Stop!". He had a pulse.

That was an amazing feeling. I helped save someone's life. The times after that one were a little less gratifying, the others had no pulse. I've worked as an ER nurse and it doesn't look like TV, it doesn't smell like TV, pain has its own odour; suffering has its own aura. Spending part of your evening doing…Read more