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The accompanying drawing and calligraphy was created by Peter Joyes during Ellery Littleton’s  writing program From Memory to Memoir.  Peter was a participant in the program and says, “What…

By John Fleury. John leads Nothing Left Unsaid at The Haven. It seems to me that the recent focus on bullying has become similar to the “War on…

By Jock McKeen and Bennet Wong When Ian McWhinney passed away September 28, 2012, the world lost one of its dedicated pioneers in medical thought.  There have been…

By Mary Sullivan Holdgrafer. Mary leads programs on creativity and other topics at The Haven and a Haven Foundation board director. She first brought the idea of an…

By Don Hutton and Paule Senechal The story of how Don and Paule acquired Blue Moon. What recently happened to my wife Paule and I is too much…

By Sande Waters Here I am back at home and work, almost one week after the residency.  I have wonderful memories of my new friend and fellow artist…

By Sande Waters Last week in the Phoenix Auditorium I presented an artist talk about my work to a very supportive and interested Gabriola audience. The talk lasted…

By Shirley Serviss How did two weeks pass so quickly? Yesterday, I was berating myself for not accomplishing much during my time here, so I made a list…

By Sande Waters Layers of sandstone, slowly eroding have inspired me to make a drawing. Like the sandstone, culture has embedded layers of meaning that can be eroded…

By Shirley Serviss. Shirley is speaking about the Artists on the Wards program at The Haven on Saturday, September 29 at 7:00. “Shirley!” Someone is calling my name,…

By Shirley Serviss “This is me,” one of the women in Eric Bibb’s songwriting workshop sang at Wednesday night’s concert. Sande and I have been talking about the…

By Sande Waters, artist in residence This is heaven! Being able to work outside all day in such gorgeous weather. The peaceful silence is punctuated by ravens, woodpeckers,…