The Holodomor – it’s a word I’d never heard until this week. A tragedy that occurred almost one hundred years ago in the Ukraine. At the time part of the Soviet Union. Holodomor literally means death by hunger. And that is what happened between 1931 and 1934 in many parts Read more…
Janice stood in the middle of the crowd, joy and euphoria bounced all around. It was a feeling shared by everyone. On the stage stood her gridiron heroes. When the season ended she didn’t think The Chiefs would repeat as champions. Kansas City finished the season as the third seed Read more…
Barrman and his buddy Brettman slid across the top of the mountain. The sun caressed their faces as the glow in their eyes lit their way forward. The two ski buddies rejoiced in connecting at the top of the world once again. It had been too long since they’d shared Read more…
There comes a time in a person’s life when our mortality sneaks up on us—a time when we need to look at our health and start to take care of it. For many men and some women, we tend to put it off. We hope to ignore the passage of Read more…
Stumpy staggered toward the alley in the middle of the town. His legs were numb, snow whirled through the air and he rubbed his hands trying to find warmth. He rubbed his legs trying to feel them. Cold, so cold. The snow started in the middle of the night, he Read more…
The ball of energy squirmed and screamed. Her cries pierced the air with an explosive vibration. I felt her cry echo within my soul. I reached out and her tiny hand grasped my finger. Silence. Time stood still and we stared into each others eyes. From that moment on I Read more…
Snow filtered from the skies above and coated the mountain with a blanket of joy. Fifteen centimetres of light fluffy powder added to the previous week of winter wonder. The season started slowly, now with all this new snow, the rocks were finally disappearing. Barrman stared out the window of Read more…
Anxiety courses through my body and my brain. I feel like a failure and yet I know that is not true. But still, those feelings persist. “I hate my life” the words come unbidden to my mouth. Yet how could I even think that? I know the truth is I Read more…
“10, 9, 8, 7, 6, 5, 4, 3, 2, 1 – Happy New Year!” Twenty-four people in the restaurant cheered. And with that, we celebrated an end to 2023 and the start of 2024. But wait, it wasn’t quite done yet. There were three more hours to go. It was Read more…
December has flown by in the blink of an Eye. I have been so busy renovating my house that writing a big has felt like an onerous task at the end of the day. Really, it isn’t that hard. But still, I sit down from all the work I was Read more…