I moved to BC sixteen and a half years ago. There are very few things I miss about living in Calgary. One thing I do miss is going to CFL football games. I loved the passion and excitement that would fill the city when The Stampeders were in the playoffs. Read more
It started with a trickle of white flakes drifting to the earth. In mere moments the pace increased and snow began circling in the cooling air. Only to disappear in miniature puddles as they hit the ground. Inevitably the first snowflakes gathered upon the grass and stayed. The pace of Read more
Mmmmm chocolate… I think I love, no hate, no love, Halloween. If only because of chocolate. The struggle is real. For the last fourteen years, Halloween has meant trick or treating with my daughter. This year we stayed home and I thought I was free of the temptation to steal Read more
October 31… Halloween used to be one of my favourite days of the year. Many of my best memories of fatherhood come from taking my kid trick or treating. I can still see her in her first costume dressed up as Tigger from Winnie The Pooh. But like all good Read more
It was Saturday night at Snowshoe Sam’s, a night to remember – the gang was all there. There was a couple from the day of the dead, a hippy rock star, a lady riding a horse, the devil, a priest and even the Pope showed up. It was also Juliette Read more
The plan was to go to Big White to do some work. The plan was to leave Monday afternoon. The best-laid plans don’t always work as we want them to. Monday ended up being a garage cleaning day. Thanks to Captain Rob, I got motivated and with his help, I Read more
A glassy sheen rippled off the lake and reflections of the mountains glimmered across the valley. It was a surprise late-season fishing trip, and I was showing the two men the beauty of Okanagan Lake. We had three lines in the water and were enjoying the peace of an October afternoon. Read more
Pots stood and stared at the chaos. The camp where he’d been living for the last few months was being dismantled before his eyes. Police, bylaw, and park workers had arrived and cleaned up and cleared out. They even had a backhoe. Did they know how much it hurt the Read more
The driest 90 days on record. That amazing statistic caught my eye this week. Victoria recorded under 2 mm of rain since July 19. That is less moisture since record-keeping began in 1898. 2 mm would barely cover the bottom of a child’s sippy cup. And yet some people deny Read more
It was municipal election day in British Columbia. A day when people in the cities and towns throughout the province went to the polls and elected their local leaders. In my previous life, I may have run for office in this election. In this life, I’m not ready. I am Read more