Daylight crept intrusively past my eyelids. I was tired, too tired. I fought the sensation and rolled over. The warm body of my wife lay welcomingly beside me. I snuggled in tight, my fight against wakefulness victorious. I held her tight and went back into my dreams. When I climbed back out of my slumber I glanced at my clock. It was 7:50, time to move. A nagging doubt crept into my being. I had something I was supposed to Read more…
I quit my job today. Well, just one job, a job that I have been putting off and dreading. I gave in and pulled the pin. I will not be cleaning any more windows again. My back is sore, and my desire is gone. I feel bad walking away from the fifteen story building and leaving it for the guys from Ever-Clear but I just can’t do it. I admit it, I am out of shape and sore. Hanging off Read more…
“If the sun refused to shine, I would still be loving you.” The magical words of Led Zeppelin carried my wife and I to another time, a simpler place. Jon Bos sang with his heart and we felt the love emanating from our friend on the stage. We felt love and support from our friends surrounding us in our yard. Our party could not have been any better. Happy birthday to my amazing wife, happy covid birthday to me and Read more…
My head spins as I get up at six am, again. Busy days have taken control, life is running away again. I want to put the brakes on, my brake pedal isn’t working very well right now, Coronabreak seems to have come to an end. It has been the busiest week for me in quite some time, three days in a row of six am wake ups and midnight bedtimes. Hy head spins while my body aches. How can I Read more…
Dreams danced through my brain and I rolled over in denial. I was no longer in Calgary, I no longer hung off skyscrapers cleaning windows. Yet in my vivid dream I fall… And awake to my new reality. I peeled open my eyes and took stock. My clock said 5:52 am I groaned and rolled over, hoping for a few more minutes. Reluctant to return to my recurring nightmare. Real-life was a much better dream. I groaned inside myself and Read more…
Booming music blasted obnoxiously from the speakers. The boat careened towards the fuel dock of the Eldorado resort. The wakeboard tower rocked back and forth, reeling from the music and the waves. I leaped to my feet prepared for the worst. At the final second the brunette in a blue bikini reached out and tried to push off the dock. At the same second the driver hit reverse. the twenty-something girl lurched forward, yet somehow managed to stay on the Read more…
Four months ago they declared a Pandemic. Four months ago. Four months, seem like a lifetime and a flash. A pandemic was declared on March 13 and four days later on Wednesday, March 18 they closed Big White. The reality of the uncertainty and fear struck home hard for me that day. I had skied my last turns; when we should have had so many more. Now the mountain is open for biking. Restaurants are open, pubs, hair salons and Read more…
Another Sunday in paradise, paradise that is the Okanagan Valley. A Sunday that I stayed home, I never drove anywhere and I spent the day doing what we were asked to do for the last three months. I stayed at home, mainly because I never had anywhere to go. Sometimes that’s the way things go, we get to stay home and get things done. Three months ago we were being forced to stay at home, now I stayed home because Read more…
Summertime in the city, it means life is getting busy. Busy with fun and work. Busy with Luxury Lake Tours and busy with my family. In our Okanagan bubble, we are teeming with tourists and the lazy days of the Coronaverse has become a fond memory. Is fond really the right word? In some ways it is. Yet for most, it would be something we would not like to return to. In other places in the world, it is a Read more…
Red plates are back with a vengeance or at least the traffic is. Half hour commutes are becoming the norm lately. I was hoping the new normal would leave out the heavy traffic of summer. Unfortunately, all I had was hope. Now we have cars, trucks, RV’s and don’t forget the motorcycles. Please watch out for the motorcycles. In Penticton, there was a person who left a sticky note on a car with an Alberta plate. “Alberta go home and Read more…