Gail stood at the side of the road and stared at the border crossing. It marked the beginning of her next adventure. She was on Highway 97 and the road south was blocked to her. The USA – Canada border has remained closed for over the last year, so north Read more…
“Come on, try a littleNothing is foreverThere’s got to be something better thanIn the middleBut me and CinderellaWe’ll put it all togetherWe can drive it homeWith one headlight” The band The Younguns played the Wallflowers song One Headlight and I sang along filled with joy. I swayed to the musical Read more…
Melting heat scorched the roof of One Water Street this week. I stared longingly at the crystal clear blue waters of Okanagan Lake. How I wished we could be floating in the serenity of the glacial waters. Instead, I was standing atop the highest man-made structure between Calgary and Vancouver, Read more…
It was another Monday in the coronaverse. Sixty-three Mondays ago I began my journal. It has been a journey of self-discovery writing down my observations since the beginning of the pandemic that swept the world In early March 2020. The world ground to a halt back on those fateful first Read more…
Joe cried out for his mommy. She wasn’t there. He woke up in fear and turned over to look at the kids next to him. The darkness hid the pain and the tears in their eyes. Still, he could here the sobs in the night. Sobs of fear and anguish. Read more…
215 bodies were discovered buried at the Kamloops residential school grounds. 215 lost souls. The poor students, some as young as three, have been forgotten and ignored for decades. It is a sad day in the history of our ‘great’ nation. Canada has been on a path of reconciliation. We Read more…
I dropped the boat in the water this week. I backed into the lake and waited until the boat slid off the trailer and my wife held Serendipity on the dock. I pulled ahead to go park the truck and trailer. But the truck and trailer held fast. What the? Read more…
After fifteen months of restrictions and fear, we finally have a plan. In our beautiful province of British Columbia, the government has announced a roadmap to return to normal. I hope they can follow the plan and we can return to normal on September 7. Meanwhile, people in Manitoba are Read more…
Two hundred and two years ago a child was born in London, England. That baby girl would grow up to help shape the world we live in today. I wonder how many people know we still celebrate that birthday here in Canada? The May long weekend is not just the Read more…
Phil calmly walked the fairway on the eighteenth hole of Kiawah Island Golf Resort in South Carolina. His demeanor on the outside was one of calculated confidence. He looked to all the world like a man out for a stroll on the final fairway of the PGA Championships. Inside his Read more…