Today was a beautiful day to arise from the deep slumber that had taken hold of me. Saturday I think. We started our day looking to see if fuzzy face was on TV. Apparently he had taken the day off. Slapshot was on TV. I was so desperate for hockey Read more…
Family. Family, the longest one word sentence I know. I have been blessed by my good fortune when it comes to family. I was not born into wealth; I was born into turmoil that was calmed in a storm of emotions that I cannot fully comprehend. I will never really Read more…
Road trip! A small semi-road trip, but a road trip day none-the-less. Big White was our destination. It was time to check on our place at the mountain. My first problem I faced was getting my darling daughter out of bed and in the truck with me for the trip. Read more…
Wow! We are at the end of April! The strangest April of my life. The strangest April of all our lives. It has been a good month to stay at home and de-clutter our lives. Yard work, gardening, everyone seems to be outside and getting things done. Luckily the weather Read more…
I have written an entry a day for thirty-six days. Thirty-six days of my observations, my adventures, such as they have been, in the coronaverse. Things have really settled down and we can sense that people have adapted; a new normal is being created. I turned the TV on; our Read more…
Our world is adapting and connecting in this time of pandemic. Pandemic does sound like panic. The panic stage has ended and we all are ready for things to go back to a more normal situation. Dr Tam says full normal is still a long ways off. Opening things up Read more…
Our motorbike ride yesterday was a fulfilling trip that made me remember why I love riding so much. When we got home we walked into a strange odour. Further investigation made us think the smell was septic. I looked in the storage room where the smell was strongest and thought Read more…
Sunday again, I feel like I am tracking life on the number of Sundays since time stood still. Time can’t stand still no matter how much we would want it to. Time is the most precious thing we experience and yet none of us can truly own it. I never Read more…
After yesterday’s adventure I was ready to hang low and stay home today. I made my wife a gourmet breakfast; scrambled eggs with chorizo. I have often thought about starting a actual bed and breakfast. Krista thinks I’m crazy. I’m a pretty good cook so I think it would be Read more…
Calgary, Alberta, Canada is a city nestled in the foothills of the Canadian Rockies. I lived the better part of thirty-six years in the city by the Bow. I still love Calgary and it will forever own a piece of my heart. It was home sweet home. Until I escaped. Read more…