“Taking a walk under the stars or feeling the wind on your face may be all it takes for you to reconnect with nature. Remember, you are as much a part of nature as are the leaves on a tree or water bubbling in a brook."

Nature & ScienceRobbin WhachellOctober 1, 2020autumn, British Columbia, Canada, colours, Coquitlam, creeks, Earth, fall, leaves, mother, nature, oneness, sensations, sights, smells, soul, sounds, spirit, trees

Green Embassy of Australia highlights B.C. First Nation's plight with Kinder Morgan

Environmental activist, fashion designer and artist Kuvan-Mills believes art and fashion impact our emotions and can move us to value our blue planet. Currently supporting the world’s leading direct-action ocean conservation organization, Sea Shepherd (Australia)…

Winter morning in the forest...

Discovery of light and sound on my morning walk on Hoy Creek Trail, Coquitlam

Nature & ScienceRobbin WhachellDecember 27, 2016BC, black-capped chickadee, Canada, chickadee, Coquitlam, Forest, Forest Song, Hoy Trail, moss, old tree, Snow, Song, trail, tree stump, trees, winter, woods

Merry Christmas from Robbin and Co.

The tree is decorated, the cookies are made, the gifts are wrapped; now all that’s left is to wish you a Merry Christmas!

Parenting Our Parents

I moved back to Canada from the Bahamas in late summer 2011; and before winter 2012, I moved my mother in with me.

Am I Anti-Pipeline?

It gets frustrating when I hear people make statements about others being 'pro-pipeline' or 'anti-pipeline', as it's not that cut and dry.

Cherish our inheritance on Louis Riel Day

My mother said she remembers a story that her grandmother would tell her of her mother feeding Riel when he was on the run. My mother lived in Duck Lake Saskatchewan. We are Metis.

People & PlacesRobbin WhachellFebruary 15, 2016Canada, Duck Lake, Grandmother, Louis Riel Day, manitoba, Metis, Ottawa, Red River Resistance, Saskatchewan, treason

Trudeau statement on Final Report of the Truth and Reconciliation Commission

Let’s hold him and the government accountable…

Uncategorized, News & EventsRobbin WhachellDecember 15, 2015Canada, Commmission, Indian, inuit, Justin Trudeau, Metis, nation, national inquiry, reconciliation, Residential Schools, School children, school system

Edgy artists to converge at #VALT2015 (Vancouver Alternative Arts & Fashion Week)

I checked out Vancouver Alternative Arts & Fashion Week (VALT) for the first time last year and I loved my experience. VALT is not your usual fashion show, and the organizers are proud of that difference.

Fashion & BeautyRobbin WhachellNovember 18, 2015#VALT2015, Aquatica, Canada, Celestia, Earth, fashion, Kat Ferneyhough, sky, Terrestria, VALT, Vancouver, Vancouver Alternative Arts & Fashion Week, water

My great-grandfather served in World War I and II

It is my great-grandfather Primeau who carries the Native bloodline of Cree and Sioux; French-Canadian on the other side. We are Metis.

I paddled the Fraser River from Fort Langley to Coquitlam for FraserFEST!

The BC Windstorm of August 2015

Nature & ScienceRobbin WhachellSeptember 2, 2015Abbotsford, BC Hydro, BC Wind Storm, Canada, Coquitlam, Hoy Creek, Hoy Trail, leaves, trees, White Rock, windfall

Fashion Show to Raise Funds for Canada's Missing and Murdered Aboriginal Women

“Speak by remembering the loss of so many of our aboriginal women and girls gone missing and murdered, and their families…”

Summer Wanes...

I am so much into nature these days that I revel in every little change, excited like a young child.

Nature & ScienceRobbin WhachellAugust 11, 2015autumn, BC, British Columbia, Canada, coloured leaves, Coquitlam, excited child, fall, leaf, nature, red, seasons, summer, trail, trees, waather

Creator of the ALS Ice Bucket Challenge supports ALS BC event

ONE AMAZING DAY! I have to think that life is taking care of itself, when things happen for me that seem to be divine providence.

News & EventsRobbin WhachellAugust 6, 2015ALS Ice Bucket Challenge, ALS Society of BC, Canada, Global BC TV, James Peters, Jim Williams, Jimbo, New York, Pat Quinn, Rice Crispies, Richmond, Steveston, Vancouver, video, Yonkers

The ALS Ice Bucket Challenge Returns!

My brother has had ALS for over 6 years, and last year's viral campaign made a huge difference to the lives of those suffering with ALS, bringing much awareness about what these individuals and their families are dealing with.

News & EventsRobbin WhachellAugust 3, 2015ALS Ice Bucket Challenge, ALS Society of BC, BC, Canada, Canadians, Dean Whachell, donations, research, Richmond, Robbin Whachell, Stephen Hawking

All Nations Festival celebrates an inclusive Coast Salish Territory

Summer Night Sky

There's nothing like driving home at 10 pm in the heart of a warm summer night in Vancouver's lower mainland, and the moon is an amazing sliver, with Venus at its side