CHRIS RONALD

These days it seems good news stories are hard to come by, at least in the mainstream media. However, there's no shortage of them, and there's a number of organizations dedicated to bringing more positive stories to light, Squirrel News…

A bit of a departure (pardon the pun) for this post. Having read the book Beneath Dark Waters by Eve Lazarus, I felt compelled to write my first shanty. This meticulously researched book by the Vancouver-based writer and historian…

In Vancouver near 12th & Kingsway is a big Salvation Army Thrift Store. Every now and again I like to purge the house of unwanted items, and this song came as I sat in the living room literally looking at…

Sometimes I pick up the guitar and the fingers just start doing something. Simply sliding between two chords conjured the verse melody for this song. I find my roots in British folk coming through more these days, and nature has…