About Me…
The outdoors has long been my place comfort and balance. Inspiring woodland and coastal wildernesses where city noise falls away, and the details of the natural world come forward: A hawk circling above the Nimpkish Valley, the sound of rain on cedar boughs, the way autumn light settles into the understory. These are moments that capture my imagination and slow the passage of time.
Christine and I make our home in just such a place… on the northern tip of Vancouver Island, in Port Hardy. It is a small rural British Columbia multicultural community defined by rugged coastline, mountain ridges, deep valleys, and ancient trees.
I am retired, after a fulfilling forty‑year career in the demanding world of emergency care as an Advanced Life Support and Air‑evacuation Paramedic…. When that chapter came to a close, writing about the natural world offered calm and perspective, providing me with a sense of comfort and belonging… much like the warmth of a down vest on a cold winter morning.
My wife Christine and I are in our fiftieth year of marriage. Days are filled by enjoying the surrounding coastline and forest habitats together. We walk with a quiet companionship built over a lifetime. Many stories shared here begin close to home; exploring familiar trails, lakes, rivers, or walking along shorelines bordered by towering evergreens. Others have their beginnings around campfires in some of the province’s most beautiful wild utopias. It is beneath the openness of star filled skies that words gather naturally, describing wonderful and inspiring moments in nature.
Please enjoy Christine’s photographs, and look past my grammatical imperfections to find stories that entertain, inspire, and encourage you to venture out and discover the wonders of nature for yourself.
Safe travels,
Gordon Patterson
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