by Maria Koropecky, Crystal Mapper Do you have some old jewelry lying around that you never wear but can’t seem to part with? I do—and recently, I found myself inspired to give one of those pieces a new life. On the weekend, I went to one of my favorite stores in Victoria, BC: Bamboo Beads …
February 2026
Meet Me in St. Sidney, Sidney, Meet Me at the Fair!
by Maria Koropecky, author of Closer to Indigo I first noticed it in my early twenties — how the books we’re reading and writing can magically mirror our real life. I was in France reading Still Life with Woodpecker (1980) by Tom Robbins when the themes I was absorbing from the pages began showing up …
After Window Shopping at Tiffany’s & Co…
And how the movie, song and a special crystal tie in By Maria Koropecky Have you ever walked down the street and then stopped and took a few steps back because something caught your eye in the store’s window display? Maybe it was a pair of shoes, or a chaise lounge, or cascading flower arrangement. …
After the Cartwheels…
by Maria Koropecky, author of Closer to Indigo After receiving some positive feedback from a publishing house regarding my book, Closer to Indigo (though not the answer I had hoped for), I realized I’m not the same person I was back in 2019 when I went on my Camino and started writing my memoir-turned-novel. They …