‘Windchill of minus 25 in the alpine’ screamed the headline on the Big White website. There it was in bold letters surrounded by red on the top of the page. It was a warning, a caution for those that feared the biting cold. I texted my neighbour Brad and wondered Read more…
Superbowl Sunday in the coronaverse. It was almost normal to watch the yearly sporting spectacle that takes over the TV screens in North America every February. Almost normal. I tried to care, I tried to find a reason to pull for a team of millionaires chasing a pigskin around a Read more…
Blue sky and sunshine filled the valley in the morning as I stood atop the tallest building towering over Kelowna. I looked over the scene in front of me in awe. We were putting a swing stage on the building for the glazer and I stood and stared at the Read more…
Our little city is growing up, stretching taller toward the skies. There are three brand new residential towers being built right now with four more just completed in the last couple of years. The next building planned is a 40 story complex that will tower above our scenic downtown core. Read more…
White, a dirty white, I was mixed and confused. The horizon mingled in my mind and I couldn’t see the slope in front of me. We slid off the top of the T-Bar this afternoon, searching for the next path of fresh powder. At this point, we were searching for Read more…
Sensalia ran through the forest in a daze. She had a flash of a memory, someone yelling, telling her to go. The fleeing young woman ran as fast as she could from all she knew. The further she went, the less she remembered of her life. She had brief glimpses Read more…
“He wear no shoe shineHe got toe jam footballHe got monkey fingerHe shoot Coca-ColaHe say I know you, you know meOne thing I can tell you is you got to be free Come together, right now, over me” The poetic and nonsensical lyrics of the song ‘Come Together’ by the Read more…
A crisp breeze blew down the streets of Kamloops as I parked my truck in a small lot in the downtown core. I was working in the mid-sized city in the heartland of BC. As I exited my truck I felt the chill winter air of a January day. I Read more…
“It is my pleasure to introduce the forty-sixth President of the United States, Joseph R Biden Junior.” The words echoed in the cab of my truck over my radio as I cruised the Coquihalla Highway to Kamloops this morning. A smile crossed my face as a moment many have looked Read more…
Sunshine glistened off the freshly fallen snow that coated the ski runs. The intermediate and beginner runs all funneled toward the dual chairlifts of the Snowghost and the Ridge Rocket express. Crisp morning air sparkled with ice crystals that danced above the newly coated world. With anticipation, we put our Read more…