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Who Decides War? A Case for Truth, Integrity and Compassion

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Who decides war? Wars are never about the opinion and beliefs of the many, but of the very few. It is up to us as individuals, not of a nation, but of a race to represent ourselves clearly where it comes to issues as grand and as deadly as military action against another country.

HOW I BECAME A WRITER

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I was an infant of six months when she died. There are no accessible memories to speak of, only a faint and foggy familiarity when I think of her: I was seventeen when I found her journals, written during the last years of her life.

Soul is not Filters, Blinders and Dark Sunglasses

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. These, one of our hosts explains, are souls from Earth who become trapped in the illusions, delusions and obsessions they have become transfixed upon in life: addiction, objects and subjects that, when we attach greed to them, become all-consuming in their demands upon our awareness, our consciousness and, eventually, our spirit. When these unchecked eventualities infuse our consciousness and sense of self, we lose sight of what was once a pure and unaffected nature and state of mind.

Texada Island Land Scandal Inspires Historical Murder Mystery Novel

The Texada land scandal was an actual event, and was the subject of the First Royal Commission in British Columbia. It was a circumstance that I felt revealed some of the underlying sentiments that existed then, among settlers and among the people of First Nations. These inclinations also reveal sentiments that underpinned the social and political structures that were in place during late colonial British Columbia. Whether overt or not, by their very nature, these sentiments had a hand in facilitating the calculated transfer of all land in the Province of British Columbia, from the collective First Nations, to the Crown. The form that the land policy eventually took, ultimately resulted in the smothering of First Nations culture – not one culture, viewed collectively, but many individual Nations, that were each unique unto themselves.

Book distribution for BC Authors and Publishers

BC Book Distributor, Red Tuque Books, to manage distribution

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I am pleased to announce that Red Tuque Books, a British Columbia book distribution company, based in Duncan, BC., on Vancouver Island, will henceforth handle distribution of books by Dean Unger and Village Lane Press. Red Tuque Books is a Canadian distributor of quality books by independent authors with both Amazon online listings & distribution to Canadian bookstores. From Greg Salisbury, at Red Tuque,

An Historical Murder Mystery About British Columbia During The Colonial Era

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The intent with which a thing is acquired is, in some way, the measure of its merit. There is a pretext for what will follow here. That is, much of what is written is historical fact. Some details, like the amorous and vitriolic Amor De Cosmos – the second Provincial Premier of British Columbia, through the mid-Victorian era, are more or less specifically correct. Other facets of the story are accurate clips that are true to the cultural mores and beliefs at the time. It is essentially a view from thirty-thousand feet, but blown out into a vivid, moving tale with accurate descent, down into the lives of those whose fates unknowingly weave and unravel the tale before our eyes.

New combined edition of A Garden of Thieves now available

Salish Chief’s Only Son Arrested for Murder of Prominent Leader

Village Lane Press, is pleased to announce the release of the third edition, revised, of A Garden of Thieves, by BC author, Dean Unger. Researched and written over a period of two decades, A Garden of Thieves is an historical fiction that is based, in part, upon the infamous Texada Land Scandal, perpetrated at the hands of a man who called himself, Amor De Cosmos (lover of the universe), and who later became the second Premier of the newly formed province of British Columbia.

Rock art =m standing stones, and stacked stone art in the forest at French Creek, British Columbia, on Vancouver Island

The Effect of Emotions on Mind and Mouth

To take it a step further, I ask questions of myself like, Where did that emotional response come from? Is it a habitual response? or is it based on reasonable logic? What beliefs do I have about the situation that give rise to these emotions and where are they rooted? Is there a better way?

With Eyes Upon Skies in Far Better Places

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I have seen my own life through the eyes of another; I saw myself flailing and running for cover. I chose my own themes, what hats that I wore, what steps that were taken, upon roads that I bore. But I saw to believe what I chose to alight, that the eye is attuned to the language of light.