Revulsion. My whole body shakes with it. I have to turn off and shut down from the TV, from all media. But I can’t, it’s like a car crash or a natural disaster taking place in real time. I feel sick to my stomach. Here it is 2026 – a year and a time, when I thought war and hatred would be behind us. I couldn’t have been more wrong. For the last year, I’ve resisted blogging about our neighbours...
Read moreI know it has been far too long since I last posted to my blog. Life has been like that for me. Five and a half years ago, when I started this journal, it was a daily blog of life during COVID. Then, as things returned to somewhat normal, I dropped off to a weekly posting of life observations. Now it’s been over three months. The world went from a standstill to Mach 5 in a few short years. At...
Read moreI’m calling this blog “Missing In Action.” Because that’s what I have been. Missing. Too busy living and working to continue pursuing my passion and my goal. A goal I set for myself five years ago. Five years. Time is flying along, while at the same time, those years went so slowly in the moments. At least part of me feels that way. I began writing this blog as a way to document the crazy times our world was going...
Read moreI have finally published my debut novel, Death In The Window. It was an idea spawned from my days hanging off of high-rises in Calgary. I always thought, what if I saw a murder inside one of the apartments I was cleaning the outside windows on? All these years later, my dream has come to fruition. Death In The Window became live for purchase on August 18, 2025. My second edition has now been released on Amazon KDP. It is Read more
It all started when spring erupted in full bloom across much of our great nation. Except Edmonton and Winnipeg. It was still winter there. Maybe that was our. lucky charm? The NHL Playoffs began in early April. Five Canadian Teams stood tall, vying for hockey’s greatest prize. The Stanley Cup. Hopes ran high in Winnipeg, Toronto, and Edmonton. Even Ottawa and Montreal held out a sense of optimism. But everyone knew that Ottawa faced an uphill battle against Toronto, and Read more
The NHL playoffs have begun. Five Canadian teams made the tournament to chase Lord Stanley’s iconic mug. Winnipeg Jets finished first overall and seemed to present Canada’s best chance for winning the elusive trophy. The seemingly cursed Toronto Maple Leafs finished first in their division and would face an overachieving Ottawa Senators team, the Edmonton Oilers returned after a lower finish from the year before, and finally, the Montreal Canadiens were up against a very strong Washington Capitals franchise. The Read more
It was advertised as “The most historic election in a generation.” It certainly was the most historic federal election in a decade. And the most interesting. For the last three years, the Liberal Party of Canada has been in a free fall in the polls. Only three short months ago, people were predicting that Pierre Polievre and the Conservative Party would easily win an election and probably form a majority. Then along came Donald Trump. And the rest is history. Read more
My head spins and my stomach aches as I stare at the screen. The news keeps flowing and the world keeps spinning. I want to make sense of it all. But I can’t. Our neighbour to the south is now being run by what is referred to as an oligarchy. The billionaires have taken full control. Donald J Trump continues to change the way the United States fundamentally treats its citizens and the rest of the world. The list of Read more
Barrman stood at the top of the world staring at the slowly rotating T’s on the T-bar as they wound their last turns on the bullwheel. A lump formed in his chest as he waited for T’-bar to stop moving. Cheers erupted from the waiting crowd when the cable slowed to a stop and the ski season came to an end. Time stood still for that brief second as Barrman scanned the slopes below. Refelections of powder joy filtered through Read more
I woke up and stared out the glass doors of my friend’s condo. Snow blanketed the slopes of Big White Ski Resort, at least ten centimetres of light fluffy powder lay atop the railings of his deck. Millions of light snowflakes descended from the heavens, filling my view with a scene of a winter wonderland. A surge of excitement filled my being as I scurried to get ready for what was sure to be one of the last epic days Read more