April 13, 2020 Three weeks ago today I started my journal. I didn’t know at the time where it would take me. I am very grateful to those who have encouraged me to continue. When I started this record I wanted to write this so my daughter and I would Read more…
Love. Love can be fleeting, love can be amazing, love can deeply hurt. It took me quite a few tries before I found “the right one”. Four times I thought I found “the one”, my true love, my soul mate. At 18 years old I met a young lady Read more…
April 12, 2020 Easter Sunday. I told my daughter the Easter bunny wasn’t coming because of Coronavirus. What a jackass Dad move that was. Somehow it feels like everything is cancelled. It is a good thing my beautiful daughter is at her Moms today. The Easter bunny isn’t coming to Read more…
Calgary Flames 2004 Life at thirty seems like a lifetime ago. I owned a nice home in Calgary, had a successful business and many good friends. Each summer I would jump on my motorcycle and ride to BC. It is interesting to look back on those times and reflect on Read more…
April 11, 2020 Last night I made the mistake of watching the news after a few drinks… I think watching the news is tough enough, not sure drinking is the best remedy. The math and the numbers have me confused; in BC we have 1410 cases of covid and 55 Read more…
April 10, 2020 Feeling invigorated I grab my coffee and open up my laptop. I sit down to write and the words pour out of me. I have found my muse and it is due in part to tragedy. Like many times in history, we get creative in the face Read more…
Honored and inspired by the feedback I have gotten to my journal, I strive to find more connections and stay relevant in our quickly changing times. As quick as things have changed they seem to remain madly the same. My story continues to develop and I reflect on my youth. Read more…
April 9, 2020 More good news to break the day. Our esteemed leader tells us that we could be looking at summer before we flatten the curve, and not until a vaccine to return to normal, maybe a year to 18 months. Meanwhile here in Kelowna we have only heard Read more…
April 8, 2020 Dreams, strange and haunting dreams plague my night; dreams of social distances and dreams of Calgary. I often dream about my original hometown. I spent thirty six years in the city by the beautiful foothills of the Rocky Mountains. I often say I escaped Calgary to live Read more…
April 7, 2020 Each day is starting to meld together. I am working in the morning on the computer, in the yard in the afternoon. Today the lawn was ready for a haircut, so am I, but the only thing getting cut is the grass. My awesome teenager is headed Read more…