I leaned my machine into the corner, the lake on my right. It felt like I could almost touch the water as the road swept down the hill and back around the cliff face. I was at the beginning of my journey for the day. A motorcycle ride on Westside Read more
A golden red sky rippled over the Okanagan Valley. It was another amazing sunset in a year I have watched more red skies than I can remember. My beautiful wife and I sat in the stern of Serendipity and breathed in the sights before us. It was a vista of Read more
A first world tragedy occurred today. Cell phone down. Not just one, but two cell phones went for a swim in the lake. Too bad phones don’t swim. I started the day with a plan, a plan to go fishing. I was going to go on my motorcycle to the Read more
Warm sunshine glowed down upon us as Indian summer continued into October. We sat in the bow of Serendipity soaking in the glory of it all. My Sister, her husband, my daughter, my wife, and I basked in the heat of the afternoon. A connection long coming, it was good Read more
My summer of strange possibilities extended into the fall. We had a booking with Luxury Lake Tours. I had a sunset cruise on an amazing autumn day, a day that kept summer holding on. Warm sunshine lit the sky and embraced me. I mounted my steel horse and ventured to Read more
After six long and agonizing weeks, they finally fixed Serendipity. Our beautiful Campion Biltmore was another victim of Covid. Evinrude stopped making motors in April, ostensibly because of Covid19, perhaps because of other issues as well. When the world stopped due to the virus, BRP the parent company of Evinrude Read more
Two greying figures stooped over microphones and hurled vindictive barrages of verbal diarrhea at one another. It was a dismaying situation watching the first presidential debate of our wayward brothers from south of the border. It got so bad that one wealthy old guy told the other wealthy old guy Read more
With ragged breaths, I took the last few steps in the snow. I saw my goal in front of me, my friend was already there, he had a grin that stretched across his face. I knew what he was looking at and I pushed my muscles a little further. I Read more
Zinggg, the thin line spun off the reel. I could sense it more than feel it. He was there beside me, my fishing buddy. There was a fog in the air and I could sense my breath in the mist. I couldn’t see it; I started to reel in the Read more
The world of Zoom feels in some ways like an alternate reality. Everyone sits in their little box waiting their turn to speak. I don’t like the new reality of Zoom meetings. I find it hard to stay engaged and hard to connect with the other people in the meeting. Read more