by Annette | Jan 4, 2012 | The Stories Behind The Books
When Swan-set Bay Resort proposed to build a golf course in the Pitt Polder, I wrote a fairytale about the detrimental effects of golf courses on wetlands. The Pitt Polder is a lowland area in Pitt Meadows, British Columbia, about 46 kilometres east of Vancouver. ...
by Annette | Dec 31, 2011 | The Stories Behind The Books
When I was a little girl, my grandmother taught me to knit. I made scarves and doll clothes in many colours of the rainbow with Nanny’s leftover yarn. As a child, I dreamed of becoming a ballet dancer, but my mom couldn’t afford dance lessons. I never became a...
