by Sarah Weaver | Nov 6, 2023 | Commentaries
For over four years I’ve written a monthly column for the Salmon Arm paper Friday AM. Located in the BC interior on Shuswap Lake, Salmon Arm is an attractive small city of about 20,000. I lived in the area for over two decades, and began the column...
by Sarah Weaver | Oct 9, 2023 | Commentaries
I read a new poem at Planet Earth Poetry the evening of October 6. It seemed that listeners enjoyed it, so I recorded a reading of it. I wrote the first draft during an online workshop in June given by the Victoria poet Carla Funk. I’ve participated in several...
by Sarah Weaver | Jul 15, 2023 | Commentaries
When I made the decision to move from the BC interior to Victoria in early 2020, I was pulled by my connections to people I’d met in Victoria. Over a year prior I had discovered a writing group at the James Bay New Horizons Centre. The group met weekly, and...
by Sarah Weaver | Jun 22, 2023 | Commentaries
On June 18 I gave a talk on the topic “awe” to the Capital Unitarian congregation in Victoria. I prefaced the talk with a brief story (5 minutes) about an experience where I felt awe. I told about an intense time I spent at the Adams River in the Shuswap,...
by Sarah Weaver | Jun 1, 2023 | Commentaries
It was great to see friends and family in person and on zoom at Russell Books in Victoria, on May 26. I was warmed by the reception to the poems I read. Here’s the link to my reading (first), and then Susan Braley’s reading (she was the...
by Sarah Weaver | May 26, 2023 | Commentaries
I’ve been asked to be the “Poetic Opener” at Victoria’s Planet Earth Poetry weekly readings. Tonight’s the night! I’m opening for wonderful local poet Susan Braley, whose most recent book of poems is “Tilling the...
