A new year has dawned upon the surface of our world. Hope has risen and they have started distributing vaccines to health workers and the most vulnerable. The time has come for us to embrace the lessons of the last year; lessons in patience, love, and in compassion. Will this Read more…
It is another day in the year of the coronaverse. The final day. Does a new year change anything? Do we magically get a gift, a reprieve, a time for renewal? Or is it simply another day in the week? A day that ends in a why. It is 20:20 Read more…
Today was the last Monday of 2020… a year that was chocked full of Mondays. A year most of us would agree we are glad is ending. Friday is a new year, a new beginning. The year 2020 will stand throughout history as a turning point. It was a pivotal Read more…
The young boy crept down the stairs, each step he took filled with anticipation. He moved slowly hoping to catch a glimpse of the old man in a red suit. In recent days he kept hearing about the magical person who could somehow come down the chimney and leave presents Read more…
Early morning sunshine glistened off the snow-covered mountains. The white peaks lay under a golden-red sky, the morning sunrise embraced the valley below. The glassy waters of Okanagan Lake mirrored the world around and reflected the glory of the dawn. I stood at the window in awe of the world, Read more…
Nine months ago I began my personal journey in the coronaverse. I started to put my thoughts out there and share my observations of life in a pandemic. I wasn’t sure where it would lead but I knew I needed to record these unprecedented times for future generations. Today is Read more…
Fresh snow coated the morning with a blanket of white that embraced the slopes of our mountain home. Anxious and excited we put on our gear and rushed out the door in time for the first chairlifts of the day. It was another day living the dream; little did I Read more…
Powder snow blew over the top of the mountain. I rode the chair and saw the fresh snow filling the trees. I floated in the light snow and bounced on the bumps like pillows on the slopes. There were remnants of ice that scraped free in some of the steeper Read more…
My brain swam to the surface of consciousness. I awoke and turned to the clock and saw the time, it was 5:30 on the alarm clock. In real-time, it was 5:15. I’m not sure why I try to trick myself with my clock, I have set my alarm clock fifteen Read more…
Without malignant intentions expanding never ending always seeking A host A place to reproduce, to begin again and again… Unaware of the damage that it is wreaking The host dies and searching once more To recreate itself, it spreads Cell to cell, faster, faster Rebuilding the host, infecting the Read more…