The power of counting to ten and living the dream — “The swim will be a nightmare,” I whispered. Me and a slew of bodies splashing in the rocky waves in skin-numbing temperature. I was hyped up on nerves and adrenaline on Race Day — but I had zero sleep the night before. One hundred nineteen women of different ages and…

September Six Word Photo Story Challenge: “Shadows” — Met this alien on the beach. I was playing with shadow photography at the beach, and when I looked at my photos, I saw that the shadow I cast resembled an alien. It’s perspective — shadows can represent different things to different human beings (and aliens). What do you see? This publication was originally inspired by…

August Six Word Photo Story Challenge: “Toys” — First time on an electric bike! Whenever I’m cycling uphill on my hybrid manual bike — electric bikes whiz by me. I want to shout out to the riders, “You’re cheating — you’re not even pedaling! I’m using my legs and lungs to power up the hill, and you’re using a battery. It’s not fair.” But…

The Journey of a Mermaid — My swim technique is based on my “terrified of drowning” 10-year-old self — the girl who hated swim lessons, the deep end, and gasped for breath in the shallow end with fingers clenched to the edge. I could barely do the doggy paddle and a weak frantic front crawl, but…

Fitness Six Word Photo Story: Freestyle — But I finished the damn race! Last month, I did the Vancouver Triathlon. It was my third triathlon since I started racing last year, but I swear, it was the most fun triathlon I’ve ever done — even though running the last leg of the race hurt my feet like hell. While this isn’t the most…

September Six Word Photo Story Challenge: “Shadows” — Creating a bikini with my shadow. We’re open for submissions and invite you to submit to the current September Challenge “Shadows” this month, led by me. Can you tell a story in six words encompassing “Shadows” inspired by a photo taken by yourself? Deadline is NOON, Friday, September 30, 2023, Pacific Standard Time. See full details…

September Six Word Photo Story Challenge: “Shadows” — One fish, twenty takes. Colourful catch. We’re open for submissions and invite you to submit to the current September Challenge “Shadows” this month, led by me. Can you tell a story in six words encompassing “Shadows” inspired by a photo taken by yourself? Deadline is NOON, Friday, September 30, 2023, Pacific Standard Time. Full details and…

September Six Word Photo Story Challenge: “Shadows” — Shadow transformed into a flying bat. I was experimenting with shadow play with the leaf and noticed something eerie while reviewing my photos. I saw the evil eyes of a flying bat ready to attack the leaf. What do you see? We’re open for submissions and invite you to submit to the current September Challenge “Shadows”…

September Six Word Photo Story Challenge: “Shadows” — Disaster on earth shadows beautiful sky. We’re open for submissions and invite you to submit to the current September Challenge “Shadows” this month, led by me. Can you tell a story in six words encompassing “Shadows” inspired by a photo taken by yourself? Deadline is NOON, Friday, September 30, 2023, Pacific Standard Time. Full details and…