Crossing Canada With The Maplemusketeer Volume One - An Overview (June 2014) | Page 4

FOREWORD
Can one person capture the essence of place—especially in such a diverse and
expansive land as Canada? From coast to coast, in detail and in overview, in
settings both rural and urban, Jordan captures in photos and words the diversity
and magnificence that is Canada. From sunflowers against a wooden wall to
smiles, from expansive views to a closeup of a caterpillar, from pumpkins on a
city sidewalk to the beauty of the wild, from glistening delicious foods to graffiti,
from mushrooms growing on a rocky beach to round hay bales made for climbing,
from mountains to seas, this book is the essence of Canada.
One of the things missing in our very modernized world today is connection.
Jordan’s mission (including within these pages) is to create those connections;
to facilitate growth and learning; to help everyone realize their potential, to be a
voice for wonderfulness. These smiling faces, this book bursting with camaraderie,
the joys and celebrations, the happiness, the friendships, the small moments and
large, the trees and buildings, music and laughter, quiet times and raucous ones,
are all proof that this journey toward connectivity, toward encouragement and
sharing, toward a smaller world, works.
It is solely this enthusiasm for life that we all need in our own lives—and that
Jordan entices us with—expanding our hearts, and taking us on this journey.
Jessie Voigts PhD
WanderingEducators.com



“If you want to build a ship, don’t drum up the men to gather wood,
divide the work, and give orders. Instead, teach them
to yearn for the vast and endless sea.”

Antoine de Saint-Exupéry