Author Archives: Jacqueline Ashby

Magic Through Play! Fantastic CreativeMornings talk that Mr. Kirby Brown gave a couple of weeks ago. It’s now available via YouTube. I encourage you to view it. Kirb & Keith are game changers and need our support. And yes Kirb, I’m offering to help and completely committed.

Go Playground Builders!

Climbing this beauty on Saturday 🙂
(Black arrow indicates the Y couloir. Good place for a heli drop and a ski down.)

Bacon, crispy.
Eggs, scrambled dry.
Toast, sourdough.
Coffee, medium roast.
Leave room for cream.
Honey, not sugar.
And serve it with a smile.

Suits season finale tonight! 🙂

I would have gladly given myself to you
Surrendered to the power and force of nature
that you are
For just a few more minutes to observe
how your body shifted and moved
how the morning dew glistened off your brownness
how you canvassed the terrain with your nose
how you held me in your presence with those curious eyes.
Longing
to bury myself
in your wildness.
~ jpa

Save the Grizzly. Leave no trace and end trophy hunting.

It’s true.
Happiness is not found in what you have
but in what you do.
So what are you doing?
You’re cycling to work today!
Because it’s beautiful
and the sun is out
and we both know
it’s going to make you happier!

Listen to me. Move your index finger to that arrow. Click play. Turn it way up. And go for broke. It’s Tuesday. This morning deserves to be rocked! 🙂

Monkey on standby today!

(Helps when your best friend is a pilot, SAR trained, and has a sense of humour!)
He is right! Bringing both reflective materials! Ha!

Tomorrow: You, me, and a pack full of Quaker Oats Chewy Chocolate Chip granola bars.

I have this belief that we are surrounded by a myriad of soul mates. If we allow ourselves to be transparent and vulnerable these souls will gravitate to us in a variety of forms. Thank you McKinnon for infusing our climbs with humour and self-reflection. You push me to take one more step when I’m consumed with fear and genuinely want to collapse. You ask me to lead when deep down I would prefer to follow. You take me to the next level of being. At the time, I may not be so appreciative, but I’m so much better in the end for the effort and the search you force me to conduct within myself to be better, stronger. We’ve created these amazing memories together that I know will continue to bring joy and courage to my life. I bow to you girl…old girl…like the oldest one on the mountain girl…except for the small, extremely enthusiastic Swedish man we met who I suspect is still up there on the hill skipping across the landscape…bahahaha!