Cherie Thiessen

If I had to come up with one word to describe Australia, it would have to be ‘beaches’. Nonstop beaches going on forever. If I had to come up with a second word, it might be wine. Nonstop vineyards going on forever. A third word? Well, maybe birds. They’re like bits [...]

I don’t think it’s possible to ever tire of driving the Oregon Coast. It’s all about superlatives. The world’s smallest navigatable harbour at Depoe Bay. The largest wooden structure of its kind in the world - the Air Museum hangar - at Tillamook, and at Cannon Beach, the third-tallest intertidal monolith [...]

What’s smaller than a hamlet?
Rosebud, Alberta. About 90 people live in this south west rural community and almost all of them are involved in the Rosebud Theatre. Celebrating its 26th season now, the theatre operates a theatre school along with its mainstage productions, about 5 of them a year. It has become a really [...]

Leonard Cohen - rock on!
Went to his Victoria concert Tuesday night, along with hoards of others, mainly we females of a certain age. And were we ever well behaved, too. I’ll bet the arena has never had such a polite group. There were no panties thrown on stage, no outbursts, just lots of [...]

Sorry this is taking way longer than I thought. No time to spend on the site; too busy travelling. Be patient please, I’ll get there. And while I have your attention, I need a new twitter name. What should it be? I’m taking votes for either The Moving Maven, or The Grandstanding Granny.