Cherie Thiessen

The Pender Islands’ Lantern Festival -
Westworld, Daytripper

At a quarter to five at the end of December, the light is fast disappearing at North Pender Island’s small community park on Magic Lake. Children and adults are gathering along the road and the shore while [...]

Westworld - Postcards

          text and photography by Cherie Thiessen

Love in the land of the rising sun

"Irasshaimase", a discrete velvety voice greets us from somewhere above the crystal chandelier as soon as the glass doors have automatically opened, allowing us to skulk into the spacious, gleaming [...]