About Barb

Dream BIG!
Adopt a positive attitude!
Raise the bar, reach for the stars!
Don’t wait for all the lights to be green at the same time!

These attitudes and more are what Barb stands for. But she hasn’t always been that confident in herself or her worth. Coming from an abusive childhood, fatherless at 12 and pregnant at 17 were not good starts. Divorced, widowed, mother of four, nervous breakdown while in an abusive marriage, and still she landed on her feet.Yet, in spite of those potholes as she calls life’s challenges, she grew into a strong, confident woman who encourages others to Dream Big! As in her book “Lessons From the Potholes of Life” there are diamond lessons to be dug for at the bottom of every pothole.

Barb loves a challenge which has lent itself to her being instrumental in starting organizations: Valley Woman’s Network, Red Hatters in Powell River, and Powell River Festival of Writers(turned PR Writers Conference). With her best friend, husband Dave at her side they are very involved in the community. For the last ten years they have organized the annual MS Carnation Campaign. She also put on fashion shows as fund raisers for Paddling for Life breast cancer survivors, and for Transition House.

For relaxation she journals and gets close to nature. Photography is her second love to writing so you’ll usually find her camera in hand. A few of her thousands of photos are posted on this site. She’s a freelance travel writer and member of the BC Travel Writers Association Dave and Barb love to canoe, meet new people, camp in their RV, explore backroads, and beach comb.

Without an official university degree in hand she says she does have her own degree, having graduated from the school of life. Self taught because of her insatiable appetite for learning has given her many skills she shares with others.

This travel writer, author, photographer and organizer lives by the premise …
If you can dream it you can do it, so get out of your own way
and make your dreams come true!