Life in the Wild

Saturday, March 19th, 2011

The Monkey Valley Retreat Centre is truly in the wilderness. Our nearest neighbours are about 30 kilometres away. Monkey Valley is surrounded by crown lands on all sides, affording an exceptional experience of privacy and feeling of being away from civilization. The retreat centre is off the grid, which means that ...

More Monkey Valley doings, or how I spent my writing retreat not writing

Wednesday, November 24th, 2010

Luckily, most of the diversions at Monkey Valley are more fun than cleaning up dead mice! This is how I spend my time not writing: • Get winter tires put on the Tracker. • Get chips repaired on Tracker windshield (much cheaper in Merritt than in Vancouver). The chip repairer is amazed that my ...

Monkey Valley doings—as snug as a bug in a fug

Monday, November 22nd, 2010

As you know, I came to Monkey Valley this November to write. And as many writers can verify, it is a law of the universe that just about any mundane chore can seem more important when there's writing to be done. Monkey Valley provided me with myriad (which literally means 10,000) ...

A virtual tour of my MV house

Wednesday, September 30th, 2009

Welcome to this unique log home overlooking Shrimpton Creek and the luscious valley it created (with the help of some glacier activity!). This virtual photographic tour takes you through the house, beginning with your entry from the deck into the log cabin. The log cabin The original log cabin was built about ...