Trish Weatherall

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Trish wears a number of hats to earn a living on rural Denman Island. She balances contract work as a freelance writer, copyeditor, photographer, ad designer, and communications specialist, with outdoor work like gardening and clam digging. She loves to learn and write about local artists, small businesses and non-profit organizations. Walking the forest trails and beaches with her black Labrador is her daily meditation.

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IT TAKES A VILLAGE

CV Collective Winter

We’ve all heard the adage “It takes a village to raise a child.” Now imagine we’re talking about your child. And imagine they have a special challenge to face, like autism, a physical disability, or a developmental delay. You would want the kind of support from your “village” that could help your child achieve their […]

Words by Trish Weatherall
Photos by Crystal Chowdhury

SECOND CHANCES

CV Collective Spring

“We so rarely get second chances,” says whale researcher Jackie Hildering, the co-founder of Port McNeill-based Marine Education and Research Society (MERS). “There is no doubt that the giants have come back. But there are still so many ways to kill a whale.” A K’ómoks First Nation origin story names the Comox Glacier “Queneesh” after […]

Words by Trish Weatherall
Photo courtesy of Eagle Eye Adventures

STORM, SPIRITS, AND ISOLATION: LIFE ON THE LIGHTS

CV Collective Winter

Few manmade structures have the universal allure of the lighthouse. We are drawn to them, as much for their profile as for their sense of mystery and place in history. We photograph them in all weather, seasons, and angles of the sun. We wonder what the lightkeeper’s life is like. Norbert “Norbie” Brand, 71, has […]

Words by Trish Weatherall
Photo by John Kelsey

ALL FIRED UP

CV Collective Fall

“I take a lot of my inspiration from the natural world around me,” says Gordon Hutchens, Denman Island’s soft-spoken, shaggy-bearded master potter. “The ocean, the rocks along the shoreline, the changing weather, the forest, the moss growing on the trees, the lichen growing on the rocks; some of those little micro and macro things influence […]

Words & Photo by Trish Weatherall