My sleep felt strange, was I dreaming? In the depths of my consciousness, I felt an itch, a soreness inside. My throat tingled with a pain that woke my senses. I must be dreaming, how could I be sick? I felt great when I went to sleep. It must be Read more…
Music bounced into the blistering heat of a Sunday afternoon. The parking lot at Prospera Place in Kelowna was filled with people sweating in the sunshine and grooving to the tunes. Rock The Lake was back. Rock the parking lot is what they should call it – Okanagan Lake is Read more…
“Hey, good morning!” Cooksters voice greeted Barrman on the phone. Cookster seemed to have a mixture of surprise and excitement to it. “Good morning buddy, I hope to be able to leave early. I just have to do a quick repair on my boat.” Barrman said to his friend on Read more…
We walked into the South Okanagan Event Centre and the air was filled with energy and excitement. The flow of people mingled toward their seats and loud booming rock thundered all around. After two cancelations and two years of hesitation, another rock concert was lifting off in the sleepy city Read more…
Heat simmered off the asphalt and enveloped his body like a warm demonic hug. People walked by in various stages of undress, the extreme temperatures showered them like a sauna where only the tiniest bits of fabric were required. Young women of various shapes and sizes flaunted their bosoms and Read more…
What fills your cup? What things in life make your soul sing and make your heart feel complete? We must never lose the things in life that make us smile, that make our life worth living. It is too easy to forget them and live the day-to-day repetitious existence. Sometimes Read more…
Dark clouds hovered ominously over Okanagan Lake. The sky had patches of blue that gave promise of sunshine but the gray and black storm clouds swirled above. With the clouds, a steady breeze whipped across the lake. I departed my boat slip in Peachland and set out across the choppy Read more…
Recession. A scarier word than pandemic – almost. And it is what our country and the world are in the grip of. Or so the media tells us. The reality is much more bizarre… And complicated. I have watched the phones for my business go silent. People suddenly are not Read more…
Barrman, Kaydee, Crispee and Cookster sat looking skyward in anticipation. It was 13:00 hours and the show was scheduled to begin at any moment. The four friends gathered on the old ferry wharf across from downtown Kelowna and awaited the return of Canada’s aerobatic finest. The crowd had gathered on Read more…
It’s back… What’s back you may ask? Music in the park in West Kelowna is back. Westside Daze returned after a three-year hiatus and it came back to life with the glorious sounds of musical joy. The midway was packed with laughing kids and the bandstand was full of talented Read more…