April 10, 2020 Feeling invigorated I grab my coffee and open up my laptop. I sit down to write and the words pour out of me. I have found my muse and it is due in part to tragedy. Like many times in history, we get creative in the face Read more
April 9, 2020 More good news to break the day. Our esteemed leader tells us that we could be looking at summer before we flatten the curve, and not until a vaccine to return to normal, maybe a year to 18 months. Meanwhile here in Kelowna we have only heard Read more
April 8, 2020 Dreams, strange and haunting dreams plague my night; dreams of social distances and dreams of Calgary. I often dream about my original hometown. I spent thirty six years in the city by the beautiful foothills of the Rocky Mountains. I often say I escaped Calgary to live Read more
April 7, 2020 Each day is starting to meld together. I am working in the morning on the computer, in the yard in the afternoon. Today the lawn was ready for a haircut, so am I, but the only thing getting cut is the grass. My awesome teenager is headed Read more
April 6, 2020 Big White seems like a distant memory now, Only Three weeks since the amazing season we were having, was cut short. A virus that began in China in December has now invaded the world and changed everyone’s life. The exodus from the mountain was sudden and complete; Read more
April 5, 2020 Another Sunday, feels like there has been a lot of Sundays lately. Motivation comes in spurts, things to do, but its Sunday, and I want it to be a day of rest. Yet I feel like I have already rested enough these past few weeks. Motivation for Read more
April 4, 2020 Another sleepless night comes to an end. I arise to meet the new day. A slug may have more motivation than I have this morning; it’s a combination of a mild hangover, a lack of sleep and a general lethargy that I am falling victim too. It Read more
April 3, 2020 Fifty spins around the sun; still doesn’t feel quite real to me. Life to this point has treated me well; I have had my pain and my trepidation along the way. Like Joe Walsh says “Life’s been good to me so far.” Now is probably the most Read more
April 2, 2020 Tough night last night; sleep was fleeting and short. Awaken to the same dilemma; motivate my kid and motivate myself. I go for the cup of Jo and sit down and try to work, focus escapes and I find myself emptying the junk drawer. A junk drawer Read more
April 1, 2020 April fool’s day… I don’t feel foolish and I already know that this isn’t some kind of mass April fool’s joke. I decide coffee is far more important than any fool on T.V. . Upon opening the cupboard for the coffee I discover plates; who is messing Read more