“I’ve lost everything.” Andre’s words erupted over the phone. His anguish pulsed through the phone. My heart sank. My friend, who had very little to start with, lost his home to the fast-moving fire that destroyed the village of Faulder and blazed toward the municipality of Summerland. When I left Read more
My phone rang, and an emotional voice cracked over the line. “Hello, this is the man you saved on the seadoo yesterday. I wanted to thank you again and let you know you were our guardian angel, our savior. My wife and I wanted to thank you again from the Read more
“Rock-and-roll machine, fastest thing I’ve ever seen…” The song by Triumph wailed, and my body moved. I was in a musical trance, a hopeful dance. My entire being belonged to the music and it captured my soul. It was a Friday night in Calgary, and one of my all-time favourite Read more
Joe stared at the bright neon lettered sign on the building: Sam’s Trading Post—Making Trade Great Again. The lights flickered and he wondered about the added words at the end. He didn’t want to trade with Sam’s anymore, but he had very little choice. He marched up to Sam’s, knowing Read more
Six years ago, I began my online musings. I would never have thought in the early days of the COVID-19 pandemic that things would have gotten substantially worse in the world. That divisions and war would be the new normal the world finds itself in in 2026. Back in March Read more
It was 3:40 am, and vivid dreams haunted my mind. Dreams of a game yet to come. My eyes flashed open. I stared at the strange surroundings. I was in my daughter’s apartment in Vancouver. At least that part of my dream was true. In my dreams, I was standing Read more
Davos Switzerland. A Canadian takes the stage. Mark Carney spoke at the World Economic Forum yesterday, January 20, 2026. He talked about a new world order, a time where things are changing, and a rupture has occurred. A change has taken place in the rules-based system we’ve lived in since Read more
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 Read more
I 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, Read more
I 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 Read more