ROUTE BLUE ROAD TRIP BLOG

The journals and journeys of the experiences of Michelle Loughery and her 30 year career of community mural work

  • Who is Linda?

    Linda who is Linda?  And what is her story? One of the intriguing parts of the buoy painting is the people you meet, that you don’t see. The carved in name of Linda, makes me imagine a woman, tanned by the sun, carving her name into a buoy while Jimmy Buffet is singing in the…

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  • Ribbons of Blue

    “Riding the Blue Wave” The Mother Road Empowered by Route Blue   Written by Lorrie Fleming – for The Blue Renew Exhibit in Kelowna, BC – January 2018     Michelle & I have been riding this wave together for the past 16 years. I, the traveler with a sense of place; and Michelle, a…

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  • Blue Renew ART:DEBRIS

    via Kelowna Rotary of the Arts -Art Show

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  • Socio economics & murals

    Tourism is not exclusively an economic movement, it also involves social, cultural, political and environmental aspects. It is important to realize that any assessment of tourism impacts should not only be concerned with the tangible economic effects such as revenue and foreign exchange earnings, but also with non-economic and intangible effects, such as social and…

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  • Tourism is not exclusively an economic movement, it also involves social, cultural, political and environmental aspects. It is important to realize that any assessment of tourism impacts should not only be concerned with the tangible economic effects such as revenue and foreign exchange earnings, but also with non-economic and intangible effects, such as social and…

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  • Like the horses run

    There is wonder that washes over me, every time my horses run across my field, or race around the arena, or run into the wind, their noses open to the excitement in the air. Every time it takes my breathe away. And every time I pick up a paint brush, the same excitement hits me,…

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