Dark clouds hovered ominously over Okanagan Lake. The sky had patches of blue that gave promise of sunshine but grey and black storm clouds swirled above. Along with the clouds came a steady breeze that whipped across the lake. I departed my boat slip in Peachland and set out across 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…
Happy 155th Birthday to our home and native land. It was August 1864 in Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island, the beginning of a nation was born. It would take three years of negotiations that would culminate in the birth of Canada on July 1, 1867. There were many reasons that Canada Read more…
Summer arrived in full force and the timing couldn’t have been better. We were registered for a golf tournament and the day couldn’t have been more perfect. I wasn’t even sure if I would be able to golf in the tourney until the last moment. We’d signed up for the Read more…
Summer arrived in all it’s rainy glory. Alas on the first official day of summer the mysterious golden globe in the sky made a rare appearance in our valley. What a difference a year makes. One year ago we were “suffering” in what the so-called experts termed a heat dome. Read more…
Louise looked down upon St. James United Church and smiled. Many of her friends and loved ones sat in the pews looking at her glowing face. That sure was a good picture. Her favourite songs rang through the air, and she could sense the beauty of the moment. There was Read more…
The madness continues. In the last two years, the world has spiraled out of control. World events have been like some strange novel that Tom Clancy could have written. Pandemic, fires, floods, war, and now a global recession amongst soaring prices. It makes a person’s head spin. At times I Read more…
Rain, rain go away, come again some other day. The old catchphrase could not have felt more appropriate this morning. After one of the wettest first two weeks of June in memory, the sun came out and it looked as if summer was primed to arrive in our corner of Read more…