One of the wonders of driving from Edmonton to Prince George is passing Mount Robson. For many years, we drove past it several times a year, hoping to catch a glimpse of the peak. On many days, clouds cover its peak entirely or in part.
Robson is the highest peak in the Canadian Rockies and the Fraser River headwaters the are in the provincial park bearing its name. We have walked along Robson River a ways, but the path goes for about 19 kilometres to a lake fed directly by a glacier.
An azure ceiling shines above,
Shimmering white lace spreads to meet it,
Rippling up from a white jacket;
A snowy zipper on a granite skirt;
Standing on guard below,
Silently an entourage of green warriors.
Gazing upwards,
Discovering her nobility and splendour,
She majestically reveals her grandeur–
To us mere mortals.
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In keeping with bell hooks and Noam Chomsky, I consider myself a public and dissident intellectual. Part of my work is to move beyond (transcend) institutional dogmas that bind me to defend freedom, raising my voice to be heard on behalf of those who seek equity and justice in all their forms.
I completed my PhD in Philosophy of Leadership Studies at Gonzaga University, Spokane, WA. My dissertation and research was how teachers experience becoming teachers and their role as leaders.
I focus on leading, communicating, and innovating in organizations. This includes mindfuful servant-leadership, World Cafe events, Appreciative Inquiry, and expressing one's self through creativity. I offer retreats, workshops, and presentations that can be tailored to your organzations specific needs.
I published peer reviewed articles about schools as learning organizations, currere as an ethical pursuit, and hope as an essential element of adult eductaion. I published three poems and am currently preparing my poetry to publish as an anthology of poetry.
I present on mindful leadership, servant leadership, schools as learning organizations, how teachers experience becoming teachers, assessement, and critical thinking. I facilitate mindfulness, hospitality retreats. and World Cafe Events using Appreciative Inquiry.
I am writing and researching about various forms of leadership, how teachers inform and form their identity as a particular teacher, schools as learning organizations, hope and its anticipatory relationship with the future, and hope as an essential element in learning.
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What beauty and majesty.
She definitely is both of those and more.
Mount Robson is stunning, enjoyed your post, Ivon.
It is Jet. Thank you.
Loved your poetic words describing encountering Mt. Robson in clear view. Stunning image. ❤
Thank you Olga.
How very beautiful, Ivon; it makes one take a deep breath!
It does, particularly on days when we can see the whole mountain. She hides many days.
How gorgeous!
Thank you Cindy.
That’s a beautiful photo and a wonderful description of that clear-day feeling. I lived in Seattle for a little over 3 years and Mt Rainier seemed to choose what days it would share its majesty with us mere mortals.
It is that way with many of the many higher peaks. The mountains around Portland are like that. I have spent more time in that area than around Seattle. I think the best view I had of Mt. Rainier was on the ferry between Bainsbridge and Seattle.
I would love to go to the Rockies one day. Beautiful words penned here xx
It is a worthwhile trip. We have traveled in Yellowstone, Glacier, Waterton, Banff, and Jasper National Parks to various extents. They each offer some spectacular sights.
Wonderful poem and picture!
Thank you.
Majestic photo and poem.
Thank you Bette.