http://www.heatherconn.com Inspiring Contribution Tue, 24 Aug 2010 20:27:56 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en I am writing a memoir that incorporates part of my spiritual exploration, which involved seven months of travel and meditation in India. It has proven challenging to articulate my spiritual voyage, attempting to transform words and experience from the abstract realm into something personalized, fresh, and universal. My essay Dharma by the ... http://www.heatherconn.com/spirituality/ GREEN AT HEART I'm passionate about wildlife conservation, sustainability, and combating global warming. I support lifestyles and businesses that promote simplicity, natural and organic foods, and produce a small carbon footprint. Click here to read more about the environment on my blog. I write, edit, and consult for Sustainability Television, an exciting environmental web ... http://www.heatherconn.com/environment/ Besides my photo history book Vancouver's Glory Years (Whitecap Books 2003), I've researched and written historical articles for The Greater Vancouver Book edited by Chuck Davis. Here are several examples: The History of Stanley Park, Vancouver, BC: http://www.discovervancouver.com/GVB/stanley-park.asp Early Coastal Explorers to Vancouver and the Pacific Northwest: http://www.discovervancouver.com/GVB/expolrs.asp/ After graduating in History at the University of ... http://www.heatherconn.com/history/ I have included a few published magazine samples of my writing below. I will add many more once I get time to go through my archives, scan, and post other magazine features. Feel free to comment on any content. Here's what Dr. Rosamund Harrison, chair of pediatric dentistry at the University ... http://www.heatherconn.com/health-lifestyle/ I’ve interviewed and written about writers like Ursula LeGuin and Canada's oral historian Barry Broadfoot for Vancouver's Georgia Straight. I've also published profiles and arts features of photographers, artists, sculptors, actors, filmmakers, and musicians. Creative souls are my kindred spirits; I love hearing their passionate tales, anguish and triumphs, learning ... http://www.heatherconn.com/spirit-find-the-essence/ At the 2006 Burning Man Festival in Nevada's Black Rock Desert   Travel is one of my passions. From post-war Nicaragua in 1981 to a year of solo travel in southeast Asia, I've relished adventures and encounters on many continents. I've squared off with gawkers and hawkers at train stations in India and faced men with ... http://www.heatherconn.com/a-wild-place/ Click this link to read my Cuba Travel Article as a PDF file. http://www.heatherconn.com/cuba-travel-article/