https://www.benfast.ca/cool daily 0.75 2021-03-17 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e7acb997a717f5473473b02/1604962931549-3A68YP8HMGWA7E6A9F7Q/EN_Google_Podcasts_Badge_1x.png Well That's Cool https://www.benfast.ca/cool/cycling-through-the-pandemic-with-sidney-mcgill monthly 0.5 2021-03-17 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e7acb997a717f5473473b02/1615949395809-OS15KI26EG6PX5O5J02O/IMG-1318.JPG Well That's Cool - Cycling through the Pandemic with Sidney McGill Sidney McGill rides a muddy stretch of a cyclocross track in a recent race. https://www.benfast.ca/cool/behind-the-bonnet-with-andrew-unger monthly 0.5 2021-03-11 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e7acb997a717f5473473b02/1615429824445-Q0VDP8YK8RWZ4R91H4OH/Andrew+Unger+Picture.jpg Well That's Cool - Behind the Bonnet with Andrew Unger Author, satirist, teacher, and Mennonite who does Zoom interviews with a crokinole board at the ready behind him, Andrew Unger. https://www.benfast.ca/cool/book-club-jenna-bulter monthly 0.5 2021-02-21 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e7acb997a717f5473473b02/1613946581105-PSVNK3VCHW4TA5JCYS2Y/Jenna+Butler+Author+Photo+.jpg Well That's Cool - Book Club: Jenna Butler - Jenna Butler, poet, essayist, professor, and organic farmer. https://www.benfast.ca/cool/book-club-cj-lavigne monthly 0.5 2021-01-28 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e7acb997a717f5473473b02/1611788749743-BAWBKIYNYEYWUF4CP9ZS/cjlavigne.jpg Well That's Cool - Book Club: C.J. Lavigne Image credit: Berni Scott. https://www.benfast.ca/cool/bonus-keara-farnan monthly 0.5 2020-12-31 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e7acb997a717f5473473b02/1605847252586-90FC6840054UO6GNM76C/72460528_10219972111043986_247548935550271488_n.jpg Well That's Cool - BONUS: Keara Farnan on Writing and Autism https://www.benfast.ca/cool/book-club-mark-zuehlke monthly 0.5 2021-01-27 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e7acb997a717f5473473b02/1603416590786-PSPK2ZXDRK5VZLO947PP/mark_zuehlke_bio_pic.jpg Well That's Cool - Book Club: Mark Zuehlke - Mark Zuehlke My guest for the third meeting of the Well That’s Cool Book Club! https://www.benfast.ca/cool/book-club-alyssa-polinsky monthly 0.5 2020-12-24 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e7acb997a717f5473473b02/1603416109578-5BDB71BKJG817FBDQB2Y/Alyssa+Polinsky.jpg Well That's Cool - Book Club: Alyssa Polinsky - Alyssa Polinsky …And some of her many books! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e7acb997a717f5473473b02/1605480536284-7CT3ZXZU4X5VBDINKEE1/StoryStudio+Website.png Well That's Cool - Book Club: Alyssa Polinsky Story Studio website screenshot https://www.benfast.ca/cool/book-club-october-rachael-bell-irving monthly 0.5 2020-10-26 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e7acb997a717f5473473b02/1603415934112-M11VTYMLLOEL2QHN47PC/_N9A1411.jpg Well That's Cool - Book Club: Rachael Bell-Irving My first guest, Rachael Bell-Irving. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e7acb997a717f5473473b02/1603683681202-5UF7M5KM8NE0S9GBJLXA/Banner.png Well That's Cool - Book Club: Rachael Bell-Irving Announcing the first four special guests on the Well That’s Cool Book Club! Join a future event here. https://www.benfast.ca/cool/bookclub monthly 0.5 2021-02-21 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e7acb997a717f5473473b02/1603416109578-5BDB71BKJG817FBDQB2Y/Alyssa+Polinsky.jpg Well That's Cool - Well That’s Cool Book Club - Alyssa Polinsky - Freelance Communications Consultant November 12 - 8:00 p.m. MST Alyssa Polinsky is a freelance communications consultant who is passionate about literacy and reading. She joins the Book Club to talk about her role on the Board of the Story Studio Writing Society, a charity that inspires, educates and empowers youth through storytelling and that received B.C.’s 2020 Council of the Federation Literacy Award (COFLA). Alyssa is also the President of the Victoria Book Prizes and is currently Acting Director of Communications for the Greater Victoria Public Library. Listen to the episode here. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e7acb997a717f5473473b02/1611272780980-H64YBAC97AP3WI0TQPID/Banner+with+Logo+and+text+2.png Well That's Cool - Well That’s Cool Book Club https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e7acb997a717f5473473b02/1603415934112-M11VTYMLLOEL2QHN47PC/_N9A1411.jpg Well That's Cool - Well That’s Cool Book Club - Rachel Bell-Irving - Author October 22 - 8:00 p.m. MDT Rachael Bell-Irving is a Vancouver-based young adult fantasy author who released her first book, Demons at the Doorstep in January of this year. Click here to learn more about Rachael and her writing. In our conversation, Rachael describes the process of writing her first novel, learning about the publishing industry, and what’s next for Jessica, the lead character of her urban fantasy series. Listen to the epside here. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e7acb997a717f5473473b02/1603684747166-NV4TH95GG6SJ7RHAI3ZQ/cjlavigne.jpg Well That's Cool - Well That’s Cool Book Club - C.J. Lavigne - Author, Communications Scholar January 21, 2021 - 8:00 p.m. MST C. J. Lavigne is a Canadian speculative fiction writer. She is also a professional communications scholar with a varied professional history ranging from journalism to tech support. C.J.’s debut novel, In Veritas, was published in May 2020 by NeWest Press. The novel explores the nature of truth and the complexities of human communication, all within a rich and imaginative fantasy version of Ottawa. Image credit: Berni Scott. Listen to the episode here. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e7acb997a717f5473473b02/1603416590786-PSPK2ZXDRK5VZLO947PP/mark_zuehlke_bio_pic.jpg Well That's Cool - Well That’s Cool Book Club - Mark Zuehlke - Historian, Author December 10 - 6:30 p.m. MST Mark Zuehlke is an award-winning author generally considered to be Canada’s foremost popular military historian. His Canadian Battle Series is the most exhaustive recounting of the battles and campaigns fought by any nation during World War II to have been written by a single author. In recognition of his contribution to popularizing Canadian history, Mark was awarded the 2014 Governor General’s History Award for Popular Media: The Pierre Berton Award. Mark is also an award-winning mystery writer, whose popular Elias McCann series is set in the storm-swept and very un-murder-like west Vancouver Island village of Tofino. Listen to the episode here. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e7acb997a717f5473473b02/1611271893440-7QXN44K9WE2N99VF76G8/Jenna+Butler+Author+Photo+.jpg Well That's Cool - Well That’s Cool Book Club - Jenna Butler - Poet, Essayist, Professor, Farmer February 18, 2021 - 8:00 p.m. MST Jenna Butler is the author of the poetry collections Seldom Seen Road, Wells, and Aphelion; a collection of ecological essays, A Profession of Hope: Farming on the Edge of the Grizzly Trail; and the travelogue Magnetic North: Sea Voyage to Svalbard. Revery: A Year of Bees, essays about beekeeping, climate grief, and trauma recovery, is now out from Wolsak and Wynn. Butler is a professor at Red Deer College and farms off the grid in Alberta. Listen to the episode here. https://www.benfast.ca/cool/a-portrait-of-scotland monthly 0.5 2020-10-15 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e7acb997a717f5473473b02/1602393745040-H09S508A4RJXBIU0GQVF/IMG_1098.jpeg Well That's Cool - A Portrait of Scotland: at the Scottish National Portrait Gallery https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e7acb997a717f5473473b02/1602393743944-3UJWWZNA818TE5V3WJIZ/IMG_1100.jpeg Well That's Cool - A Portrait of Scotland: at the Scottish National Portrait Gallery https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e7acb997a717f5473473b02/1602394054517-M7VTKFETBLEC840WLX6N/IMG_1086.jpeg Well That's Cool - A Portrait of Scotland: at the Scottish National Portrait Gallery https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e7acb997a717f5473473b02/1602393569954-L4XTABXXDMCIRFYU39OR/IMG_2210.jpg Well That's Cool - A Portrait of Scotland: at the Scottish National Portrait Gallery Wearing my van Gogh mask after a bike ride this fall. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e7acb997a717f5473473b02/1602394178811-3AUF8U0L4WK1MR7BYSCA/IMG_1093.jpeg Well That's Cool - A Portrait of Scotland: at the Scottish National Portrait Gallery - Macbeth, King of Scotland (with the shield) standing among the figures of history in the Great Hall With his shield, standing among the great figures of Scottish history in the Great Hall. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e7acb997a717f5473473b02/1602394200640-FFLJVOWYVH6HQG0GUC2Z/IMG_1092.jpeg Well That's Cool - A Portrait of Scotland: at the Scottish National Portrait Gallery - Robert Burns The statue of Scotland’s favourite bard stands prominently in the Great Hall surrounded by the legendary characters of history. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e7acb997a717f5473473b02/1602394200208-YN2TAJFVKYB5FV2J9D90/IMG_1097.jpeg Well That's Cool - A Portrait of Scotland: at the Scottish National Portrait Gallery - Great Hall Celestial Ceiling Imogen explained how the size of the star represented how much money you contributed to the conservation and restoration of the building in the 2009 overhaul. I hope some people bought constelations! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e7acb997a717f5473473b02/1602394212635-TDFBT467IQDE539JATBJ/IMG_1084.jpeg Well That's Cool - A Portrait of Scotland: at the Scottish National Portrait Gallery - My next guest, Mary Queen of Scots! Wouldn’t that be a scoop! You can see how older portraiture often included interpretation and narrative by straight up writing on the painting. It’s the Snapchat caption of it’s day. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e7acb997a717f5473473b02/1602394226129-3M1ZK34WX45PGOTS70S5/IMG_1096.jpeg Well That's Cool - A Portrait of Scotland: at the Scottish National Portrait Gallery - That's a frame... The near-shrine to the Gallery’s founder, John Ritchie Findlay. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e7acb997a717f5473473b02/1602394217257-P8WA0TZLULPLA58WTUFP/IMG_1085.jpeg Well That's Cool - A Portrait of Scotland: at the Scottish National Portrait Gallery - The Library and Print Room We didn’t talk about this room on the tour, but neat to see some busts and books on the way! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e7acb997a717f5473473b02/1602392808011-Q9EPZWGR2BKO5TO4JQD4/Floor+Plan.png Well That's Cool - A Portrait of Scotland: at the Scottish National Portrait Gallery Floor plan from the Scottish National Portrait Gallery. My tour with Imogen started in the Great Hall, went up the stairs through the Abulatory (around the great hall on Level 1 - Second Floor for us North Americans), around the rooms of Level 2, and back down to Level 1 where we ended in the modern galleries of Room 11. I visited The Contemporary Gallery on my way out to see The Long Look exhibition. https://www.benfast.ca/cool/book-club-oct-22 monthly 0.5 2020-10-11 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e7acb997a717f5473473b02/1601783201136-URFBSR0SBYIUCGUE9A8A/20200801_153409803_iOS.jpg Well That's Cool - Get reading: Book Club starts October 22 https://www.benfast.ca/cool/bonus-extended-conversation-with-david-forsyth monthly 0.5 2020-10-03 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e7acb997a717f5473473b02/1600488843772-MMA6AV3HIOLL1QD39P87/Ross+tartan+suit.jpeg Well That's Cool - BONUS: Extended Conversation with David Forsyth - The Ross Tartan Suit Image © National Museums Scotland. Click here to see the full item description and information on the NMS site. https://www.benfast.ca/cool/scottish-identity-with-national-museum-of-scotlands-david-forsyth monthly 0.5 2020-09-20 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e7acb997a717f5473473b02/1600554305819-SEMYMYYB67LPQN8JR0WN/IMG_1994.JPEG Well That's Cool - Scottish Identity with National Museum of Scotland’s David Forsyth https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e7acb997a717f5473473b02/1600554305236-VNS3YDNWB20GR4HSK15M/IMG_1995.JPEG Well That's Cool - Scottish Identity with National Museum of Scotland’s David Forsyth https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e7acb997a717f5473473b02/1600554308208-N5EOQSINQRG5T3GQ5Q58/IMG_1996.JPEG Well That's Cool - Scottish Identity with National Museum of Scotland’s David Forsyth https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e7acb997a717f5473473b02/1600554308176-XJM0K4EM23IGMNBJ01PA/IMG_1997.JPEG Well That's Cool - Scottish Identity with National Museum of Scotland’s David Forsyth https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e7acb997a717f5473473b02/1600554388103-H2PW7LL3PBGGJ41OOMQ4/IMG_1999.JPEG Well That's Cool - Scottish Identity with National Museum of Scotland’s David Forsyth - Armstrong Whitworth Siskin III A This 1/72 scale kit was one I made when getting back into the hobby in December 2018. I made it in my hotel over a four day work trip to Calgary. It’s a vintage Matchbox kit, and actually turned out really well given its age! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e7acb997a717f5473473b02/1600554387738-R9IOFGJLJRWHAZ87OISM/IMG_2003.JPEG Well That's Cool - Scottish Identity with National Museum of Scotland’s David Forsyth - Spitfire and Bf-109 If you make one, you have to make the other… I built these two kits during the pandemic in spring 2020 as I was looking for screen-free hobbies. These old kits needed a bit of work and were used mainly for practice with some new supplies. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e7acb997a717f5473473b02/1600553439903-EB7F6KGSE0DHIOU7I4HR/image-asset.jpeg Well That's Cool - Scottish Identity with National Museum of Scotland’s David Forsyth - The Stack! Crammed into the shelf above my closet is my “stack,” the pile of unmade kit boxes that include one with no English instructions, some that have been crushed, and a few 1960s-era made-in-the-USSR kits! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e7acb997a717f5473473b02/1600553234632-Q8ZI6GQF6GZO058NDY0J/IMG_2007.jpg Well That's Cool - Scottish Identity with National Museum of Scotland’s David Forsyth - The original P-51D kit This Revell kit (I think) was the first real project I did mainly on my own. Today, after a couple moves crammed in a shoe box, it sits with a broken wheel, missing parts, and still-unfinished nose decals. Someday… https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e7acb997a717f5473473b02/1600552163725-D2YQQMCJFQ6UJ033G6L0/IMG_3513.jpeg Well That's Cool - Scottish Identity with National Museum of Scotland’s David Forsyth - Views of Harris Our stop to visit the weaver was also a great chance to see the stark beauty of the Isle of Harris. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e7acb997a717f5473473b02/1600551930705-CQRKWAI7LCLGRT85V6ZD/IMG_3526.jpeg Well That's Cool - Scottish Identity with National Museum of Scotland’s David Forsyth - Me, learning to weave from Rebecca Hutton Here I am standing stopped over in the corner of Rebecca Hutton’s weaving shed we visited (and yes, it was a shed, though a nice one), watching how Harris Tweed is made. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e7acb997a717f5473473b02/1600552141332-Z23E04TJ5H7W8UW9GU2J/IMG_3523.jpeg Well That's Cool - Scottish Identity with National Museum of Scotland’s David Forsyth - Harris Tweed The weaving of Harris Tweed is probably the easiest part: pump the foot-operated loom and watch the shuttle go back and forth. It is the preparing of the thread, watching for and repairing breaks, managing the tension, managing the pattern, and keeping the century-old loom operating that seems much more work! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e7acb997a717f5473473b02/1600552549794-KXGUEJ550ADF7NSC3T38/IMG_3672.jpeg Well That's Cool - Scottish Identity with National Museum of Scotland’s David Forsyth - Harris Tweed Authority Later in the day we stopped by the Harris Tweed Authority, the organization that protects and promotes the Harris Tweed brand across the world. The Authority, known for the orb mark, reviews independent weavers and their materials, as well as managing some contract weavers who produce the locally made cloth. The big book on the table is the pattern book, so we weren’t allowed to photograph any closer. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e7acb997a717f5473473b02/1600551749047-AKSWJFDOLXNOJKOLJ78I/IMG_2010.jpg Well That's Cool - Scottish Identity with National Museum of Scotland’s David Forsyth - Harris Tweed Bag Bag with a centre section made from Harris Tweed purchased directly from the producer on the Isle of Lewis. The bag was made by my mom and given to me for Christmas 2019. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e7acb997a717f5473473b02/1600489344350-XHMQ1ISUCZ9EDMZQH7LG/IMG_9890.JPEG Well That's Cool - Scottish Identity with National Museum of Scotland’s David Forsyth - Building the SR-71 So much black paint… https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e7acb997a717f5473473b02/1600489305216-PAQBSYN5MOECBJUCYX6U/IMG_0200.JPEG Well That's Cool - Scottish Identity with National Museum of Scotland’s David Forsyth - SR-71 and D-21 Technically the drone means this would be an M-21 instead of an SR-71, but who cares. This is one of my favourite jets but the kit caused some problems as the decals ripped and the paint struggled to adhere well. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e7acb997a717f5473473b02/1600489308859-BBLZYVH9349KBJSZOP7O/IMG_0205.JPEG Well That's Cool - Scottish Identity with National Museum of Scotland’s David Forsyth - The Blackbird Flies! Walking it carefully to his house was the closest this would get to flying! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e7acb997a717f5473473b02/1600488843772-MMA6AV3HIOLL1QD39P87/Ross+tartan+suit.jpeg Well That's Cool - Scottish Identity with National Museum of Scotland’s David Forsyth - The Ross Tartan Suit Image © National Museums Scotland. Click here to see the full item description and information on the NMS site. https://www.benfast.ca/cool/jenny-ing-on-tour-with-engelbert monthly 0.5 2020-05-10 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e7acb997a717f5473473b02/1589144240457-3P2H19LV1QS8Z2QXSUE3/Engelbert+Reflections+Tour.jpg Well That's Cool - Jenny Ing: On tour with Engelbert The 84-year-old Engelbert Humperdinck has not only sold over 140 million albums worldwide, he also continued a regular globe-spanning touring schedule, up until European dates this spring were postponed due to COVID-19. Image via Engelbert.com. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e7acb997a717f5473473b02/1589144532615-2AABBU9LGLWB2FSX46QA/Wedding+Band.jpg Well That's Cool - Jenny Ing: On tour with Engelbert Me (centre) and my long-time friend and band mate Stu McColl (left) look a bit confused as we play alongside Jenny at the wedding of my friends Mike and Allison in the summer of 2007. Photo likely taken by my mom. https://www.benfast.ca/cool/war-and-covid monthly 0.5 2020-04-09 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e7acb997a717f5473473b02/1586408136705-AY7WYB2DKOMY002JZJ01/335719_10151229949225051_354115842_o.jpg Well That's Cool - War and COVID: Childhood lessons from the Occupation of the Netherlands - My grandma’s childhood house as seen in 2011. This house was originally home to three growing families, with a large backyard and basement used to shelter the families and other members of the community in the final days of the Second World War. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e7acb997a717f5473473b02/1586409061705-E2LQRI61N7DR240ANAX8/332548_10151229981770051_2039471617_o.jpg Well That's Cool - War and COVID: Childhood lessons from the Occupation of the Netherlands https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e7acb997a717f5473473b02/1586409062410-JR1UHJ7D66RHVV0RC8L1/412179_10151229997760051_446866197_o.jpg Well That's Cool - War and COVID: Childhood lessons from the Occupation of the Netherlands https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e7acb997a717f5473473b02/1586409135007-RA3WTK487KHYEDB7LJRE/338362_10151229996810051_1777367322_o.jpg Well That's Cool - War and COVID: Childhood lessons from the Occupation of the Netherlands https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e7acb997a717f5473473b02/1586408704785-66SY6DDXT15Z07XYDJUN/321733_10151229949925051_215145457_o.jpg Well That's Cool - War and COVID: Childhood lessons from the Occupation of the Netherlands - The new bridge over the Eemskanal The Borgbrug is a new bridge over the Eemskanal, right next to my grandma’s childhood home. The bridge was her way to school and, if closed, still creates quite a diversion for Groningen residents today. A year ago the bridge was taken out by a boat and had to be replaced. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e7acb997a717f5473473b02/1586409841609-1DT6YBF76ELSHLM1ZRK1/396476_10151247470035051_1191628231_n.jpg Well That's Cool - War and COVID: Childhood lessons from the Occupation of the Netherlands - If you ain’t Dutch… This rather embarrassing picture shows the full Dutch football supporter look I sported when flying home from a summer in Europe in 2011. I couldn’t risk flattening the hat, and of course I had to stand out so my mom would recognize me at the gate, right?! 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Obviously it’s been a while, and will be harder to do with me leaving the sector, but I wonder if we can plan a karaoke hike someday soon… https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e7acb997a717f5473473b02/a7e59e98-dadc-48cc-bf99-dbfca1f80f65/Jan+18+JF+2.jpg Adventure - Jennifer’s Adventures in Pandemic Hiking - Make it stand out Jennifer’s Halloween camping spot in the Pecos Wilderness, New Mexico. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e7acb997a717f5473473b02/8ea2fce6-3547-467b-9c7c-16add8997992/Jan+18+JF+3.jpg Adventure - Jennifer’s Adventures in Pandemic Hiking - Make it stand out Taking a break for lunch on the Horsethief Trail, near Ouray, Colorado. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e7acb997a717f5473473b02/01d4b73d-1962-487e-88b8-cd3181265737/Jan+18+JF.jpg Adventure - Jennifer’s Adventures in Pandemic Hiking - Make it stand out Jennifer and her partner celebrating reaching the summit of Quandary Peak in Colorado. Crossing a “Fourtneerer” off the list leads to some pretty epic views! https://www.benfast.ca/adventure/relive-the-sea-squash-paddle monthly 0.5 2022-01-18 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e7acb997a717f5473473b02/1642485139034-8L7DBJG52KEDMWOZG1J8/IMG_0961.JPG Adventure - Relive the Sea Squash Paddle - Finally saw Jesse Island's fearsome protector! Bark bark! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e7acb997a717f5473473b02/1642485139145-M5746WZUYUT3MYDPPS7H/IMG_0964.JPEG Adventure - Relive the Sea Squash Paddle - Departure Bay looking nice as always! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e7acb997a717f5473473b02/1642485141027-WSBIT71K5WY2ILATND4Z/IMG_0974.JPEG Adventure - Relive the Sea Squash Paddle - Dragon(boat) sighting! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e7acb997a717f5473473b02/578750f5-4272-4547-ba60-c042a5f93903/IMG_0999.JPEG Adventure - Relive the Sea Squash Paddle - Make it stand out Well there’s dinner sorted! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e7acb997a717f5473473b02/488a917a-7029-4672-af25-347bb82ef20b/IMG_0998.JPEG Adventure - Relive the Sea Squash Paddle - Make it stand out Reaching the Hudson Rocks ecological preserve. 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Partiers who have come up here have definitely had terrible accidents, and I’m sure there’s other types of jumpers too… https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e7acb997a717f5473473b02/1642310447480-JHCP0Z4APM3X5RY8C1ZB/271489906_1597783653890611_4779274024503285676_n.jpg Adventure - Adventures in Vertigo-Inducing Instagram Shots - It's a long way down! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e7acb997a717f5473473b02/1642310657063-09RW5C26S7GKWA5B3E8H/IMG_0936.JPEG Adventure - Adventures in Vertigo-Inducing Instagram Shots - Cliffs as big as the trees below, really quite stunning! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e7acb997a717f5473473b02/1642310455157-MMLZIAEOKLN6TL204N8P/IMG_0937.JPEG Adventure - Adventures in Vertigo-Inducing Instagram Shots - The fog begins rolling in across the cliffs There really is a long run of cliffs to explore! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e7acb997a717f5473473b02/1642310451005-GZ3AZG01F439BUQPTRDT/IMG_0930.JPEG Adventure - Adventures in Vertigo-Inducing Instagram Shots - Denise shows the proper distance from the mossy edge https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e7acb997a717f5473473b02/1642312071861-6VIZD0JOZVITVQCXZ4UR/IMG_0948.JPEG Adventure - Adventures in Vertigo-Inducing Instagram Shots https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e7acb997a717f5473473b02/1642312071965-W9SOGCZXEW8KGQOU3QU2/IMG_0949.JPEG Adventure - Adventures in Vertigo-Inducing Instagram Shots https://www.benfast.ca/adventure/why-an-adventure-blog monthly 0.5 2022-01-11 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e7acb997a717f5473473b02/4f43aa0c-4a37-40ab-aa43-dfdf5624877a/IMG_0876.jpg Adventure - Why an Adventure Blog? - My adventure journal, where I used to track my kayak paddles and where I took a lot of notes on compass navigation and wind that…sort of still make sense? https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e7acb997a717f5473473b02/d5eff371-e44e-4dd8-8275-9dc4348dd770/IMG_0771.JPG Adventure - Why an Adventure Blog? - My 2021 Strava Stats Because if it’s not online, did it really happen? Could have been better, could have been worse. Fewer days than 2020, but more distance and elevation. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e7acb997a717f5473473b02/7dd8e8af-d0aa-410a-a987-a992c5504227/IMG_8416.JPEG Adventure - Why an Adventure Blog? - Make it stand out Onward, adventure awaits just across the horizon! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e7acb997a717f5473473b02/1641875714948-RDCRMA08365B489Q12VL/IMG_4327.JPG Adventure - Why an Adventure Blog? - Snowshoeing during my solo Jasper weekend https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e7acb997a717f5473473b02/1641875717695-8GF2DVVLYA6K2XKWYXOV/IMG_4649.JPG Adventure - Why an Adventure Blog? - Climbing under frozen waterfalls is adventurous, right?! On a tour of Maligne Canyon https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e7acb997a717f5473473b02/1641875720975-0OCW54W36527CIVYONLG/IMG_6689.JPG Adventure - Why an Adventure Blog? - The look of a man halfway through his first 100km ride With flat pedals, no bike shorts, on his birthday, and after just finding out the donut shop was closed.. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e7acb997a717f5473473b02/1641875718654-Q7XN8EZ5MZLPDBU830TT/IMG_5898.JPEG Adventure - Why an Adventure Blog? - Adventures in record collecting! I kid you not I found these in a snowbank next to a dumpster! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e7acb997a717f5473473b02/1641875712622-NFVW3UVQEE7VLC9R00SK/IMG_4221.jpeg Adventure - Why an Adventure Blog? - By the end of the summer I looked like a pro! …but rode like an amateur! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e7acb997a717f5473473b02/1641875344696-8WK43YOPQKNTKAWT91QK/IMG_0529.JPG Adventure - Why an Adventure Blog? - Ended the year with a frozen paddle -11 and windy! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e7acb997a717f5473473b02/d42d4c6b-0213-4780-965b-3b9b71171ee5/IMG_9605.JPEG Adventure - Why an Adventure Blog? - At least I looked like a wild adventurer in 2020! Lockdown was an adventure, in some ways. I spent a lot of time talking to myself or people who weren’t there, my personal hygiene practices were questionable, and I didn’t see people for days at a time! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e7acb997a717f5473473b02/c4ddeb3f-d603-4b3d-b4e8-809835fa206f/IMG_8683.JPEG Adventure - Why an Adventure Blog? - Make it stand out It was so great getting back in my kayak in September 2021! https://www.benfast.ca/adventure/lantzville-lookout-loop-hike monthly 0.5 2022-01-11 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e7acb997a717f5473473b02/f6a8a31e-757d-460d-afdf-adbe6f76845c/Jan+8+Lantzville+Map.PNG Adventure - Lantzville Lookout Loop Hike - Make it stand out The map of the final hike https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e7acb997a717f5473473b02/1641873131985-06GUR7CDJDI9HKAJ1CTM/Jan+8+Pic+2.jpg Adventure - Lantzville Lookout Loop Hike - Looking down on Nanoose Harbour and the Winchelsea Islands I really hope to paddle across to these someday soon! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e7acb997a717f5473473b02/1641873132367-IIFUBBXPTVJW5Y0Z5480/Jan+8+Pic+3.jpg Adventure - Lantzville Lookout Loop Hike - Almost the summit, the snowshoes would have been better on our feet by now! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e7acb997a717f5473473b02/1641873002435-DUELQCSPZ37SJ211Y8DN/Jan%2B8%2Bpic%2B1.jpg Adventure - Lantzville Lookout Loop Hike - Heading up to the first viewpoint The path up was mainly packed snow with some areas like this having rocky sections or opening into a dry creek bed https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e7acb997a717f5473473b02/1641872935137-7NRTK08KU79E84KOBNYS/Jan+8+Pic+4.jpg Adventure - Lantzville Lookout Loop Hike - The creek bed on the way down https://www.benfast.ca/adventure/category/Cycling monthly 0.5 https://www.benfast.ca/adventure/category/Adventure monthly 0.5 https://www.benfast.ca/adventure/tag/Nanaimo monthly 0.5 https://www.benfast.ca/adventure/tag/Tree+Island monthly 0.5 https://www.benfast.ca/adventure/tag/Cycling monthly 0.5 https://www.benfast.ca/adventure/tag/Adventure monthly 0.5 https://www.benfast.ca/adventure/tag/Kayak monthly 0.5 https://www.benfast.ca/adventure/tag/2022 monthly 0.5 https://www.benfast.ca/adventure/tag/Pandemic monthly 0.5 https://www.benfast.ca/adventure/tag/Charts monthly 0.5 https://www.benfast.ca/adventure/tag/Kayaking monthly 0.5 https://www.benfast.ca/adventure/tag/Hiking monthly 0.5 https://www.benfast.ca/adventure/tag/New+Mexico monthly 0.5 https://www.benfast.ca/adventure/tag/Gulf+Islands monthly 0.5 https://www.benfast.ca/adventure/tag/Colorado monthly 0.5 https://www.benfast.ca/adventure/tag/Union+Bay monthly 0.5 https://www.benfast.ca/adventure/tag/Lantzville monthly 0.5 https://www.benfast.ca/adventure/tag/Blog monthly 0.5 https://www.benfast.ca/adventure/tag/Fog monthly 0.5 https://www.benfast.ca/talk daily 0.75 2025-08-11 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e7acb997a717f5473473b02/f2facab3-6f37-438c-b315-60285afc6b5c/CITTY+Logo+2+JPG.jpg https://www.benfast.ca/talk/cameron-de-jong-curling-at-the-brier monthly 0.5 2025-08-09 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e7acb997a717f5473473b02/1754716135507-HVXWSLO1P8YZWB67Y69D/Team+de+Jong+1.jpg Can I Talk To You? - Cameron de Jong - Curling at the Brier https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e7acb997a717f5473473b02/1754716135248-HYB1W5JO2VXTHMRSUOW4/Team+de+Jong+2.jpg Can I Talk To You? - Cameron de Jong - Curling at the Brier https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e7acb997a717f5473473b02/1754716136662-GYG3U8JOLSLHOZGZMX7R/Team+de+Jong+3.jpg Can I Talk To You? - Cameron de Jong - Curling at the Brier https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e7acb997a717f5473473b02/9e8805f8-b1db-4da7-871a-89ad397720ff/Team+de+Jong+4.jpg Can I Talk To You? - Cameron de Jong - Curling at the Brier What is the Brier? Well friend, it is the national curling championship of Canada, where teams representing each of the provinces (though a couple areas get two teams, it’s a bit confusing) battle it out to be named national champion and represent Canada at the World Curling Championships. In the spring I talked with Team BC’s skip – who is sort of like the captain and the last rock thrower on a curling team, and also someone I knew in high school – Cameron de Jong. I talked with Cam just after he returned from the Brier, which took place this year in Kelowna, BC. His team, which also featured Alex Horvath, Corey Chester, and Brayden Carpenter, represented the province at the national championships and were the third consecutive team from the Victoria Curling Club to make it to the national championship. I was curious about the pressure of being the home team at this year’s event, plus what it was like making the big tournament for the first time. I asked Cam about his experience as an elite level curler, how his team got to the national championships, and what it was like playing against some of his own curling idols. We talk about Team BC’s 2-6 record and how it doesn’t show just how close some of the games were, plus how much experience was built towards a return in future years. Image from Curling Canada / Team de Jong Facebook https://www.benfast.ca/talk/haley-polinsky-food-styling monthly 0.5 2025-05-19 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e7acb997a717f5473473b02/14b9cee3-0dd5-4ce8-a44b-97d5ca46f03e/Haley+1.jpg Can I Talk To You? - Haley Polinsky - Food Styling As you’ll hear in this conversation, Haley’s background in art and in the culinary world helps her merge her technical and intuitive cooking skills with her strong eye for composition and problem solving to make drool-worthy food shots. One quick note… the phone line was not great for our call. I’ve done my best to clean it up a bit, but given it’s already two weeks since I put the last episode out, I didn’t want to make you wait any longer. Thanks for listening anyways! I was particularly interested in talking with Haley because of my work as a business teacher. I spent a lot of the fall talking with students about marketing for restaurants and helping them through creating a hypothetical food truck. 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This is not just some long distance stranger, though, this happens to be my cousin Kaleb Schriefer. https://www.benfast.ca/talk/brenna-corner-opera monthly 0.5 2025-04-24 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e7acb997a717f5473473b02/338d89ba-b060-419a-a31e-e3c5de174ea7/Brenna+Corner.png Can I Talk To You? - Brenna Corner - Opera But what role does this artform play today? Is it still relevant in a world of fast-paced TikTok videos and engineered reality TV plotlines? In this episode, I aim to find out. I am joined down the line by Brenna Corner, Artistic Director of Pacific Opera Victoria, one of the most influential professional opera companies in Canada. From original productions of classic favourites to lesser known works and new commissions, this company is a cornerstone of the Victoria arts scene and a mainstay at Victoria’s famous Royal Theatre. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e7acb997a717f5473473b02/b27446d5-5f67-4581-abb8-dbb9bf213fa0/rigoletto-production.jpg Can I Talk To You? - Brenna Corner - Opera The Pacific Opera Victoria’s production of Verdi’s Rigoletto opens TOMORROW NIGHT! (That’s April 23 for those of you in the future…) The tragic story of love, betrayal, and revenge in the licentious world of Renaissance Italy is based on a Victor Hugo play and will introduce singers Grant Youngblood, Sarah Dufresne and Matthew Pearce to Pacific Opera audiences. 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