Cal's Journal

Last Sunday a group of truckers and some of their friends packed up from Vancouver and headed to Ottawa to confront the government about the vaccine mandate for truckers to cross the border. Even though they can’t cross into the USA without being vaccinated. Nothing makes sense these days. They weren’t happy and they didn’t want to be told what to do. Since then this convoy has morphed into something else. Something bigger. We are all so very tired of Read more

Goodbye Lance. Exactly one month ago the world became a little smaller. Big White became a little darker. My friend and a Big White character lost his battle with the demons that haunted him over the years, Lance Rumble passed away from this earth. Lance was a man with a warm heart and a smile that lit the room. He did his best to share his spirit and spirits with those around him.  I began working with Lance over fifteen Read more

Barrman and his wife Kaydee scrambled to pack up and go. There was powder at Big White and the hill was calling them. It had been over three weeks since they’d rode the slopes of the mountain home and the snow report was promising. Big Boarder was headed up to the hill and they were anxious to meet him there. Barrman packed the skis in the car the night before and he was excited to get an early start. But Read more

I spent my last days in Mexico making the most of my time on the beach. The heat of the sun warmed my body and the sounds of the surf warmed my soul. It really wasn’t that bad getting stuck in Mexico. Funny thing was now that I knew I was going home I felt a sense of loss at the realization my extended vacation was about to come to an end. I haven’t had this much calm in my Read more

Mexico is a country of contrasts and contradictions. A country of beauty and decay, a place with untold wealth and poverty. On one roadway there are chickens running in the street and garbage strewn in the back yards. Half built walls crumble and dogs roam wild. There are areas that are indeed a third world country. Less than a mile away sit some of the wealthiest yachts on the planet. It is a place that people long to escape to. Read more

Barrman’s mind spun in confusion. How the hell did he contract the dreaded covid? In the back of his mind he knew it wasn’t all that surprising. But still what did he do to deserve it? Well, if he really thought about it the list was pretty long. Starting with the fact he should have stayed the hell away from the nightlife of Cabo San Lucas. None of that mattered now.  Now Barrman had to stay in Mexico and wait. Read more

A piercing cry shattered the silence, but it was a cry that held a mix of fear and joy. I came in the room and there you were. Balling, and squirming. The cry shook me and I didn’t know what to do.  So I held out my finger and you reached for it. You grabbed it and held on. In that instance you stopped the cacophony of sound. There was nothing but silence. A warmth enveloped me. You held on Read more

My first day in Mexican quarantine passed slowly. I felt fine physically – mentally not so much. I was very lucky and happy that I managed to find a good place to stay. Even if it was the second place I booked. The place had everything I needed. Laundry facility, clean bed and at TV with YouTube, Netflix and Amazon Prime.  I haven’t watched that much TV since I don’t remember when. I felt healthy except for the diarrhea but Read more

Positive.  A word and a feeling I have always tried to pursue. I haven’t always been very good at it but I have tried. Now it is a word that I read with dread. My daughter and my wife got their covid test results by email first. It was our last night in Mexico, we were scheduled to fly home at three o’clock the next day. It had been a wonderful nine days of fun in the sun.  Where were Read more

The surf crashed on the sand, overhead the sky was a canvas of colours. Gold, red and blue painted the horizon above the Sea of Cortez. With each wave that washed upon the beach the painting overhead changed. Tendrils of cloud caressed the blue of the sky while the sun crept ever skyward.  Renewal. Every second and every moment brought a constant change into the world. In a moving picture of light the glory of the sunrise spoke volumes to  Read more