Mother Nature decided it was a great day to play a joke on everyone. She gave Big White Ski Resort a final day of awesome powder skiing. It was no joke though. It was real, and it was really good. It may not have been a joke but laughs filled the mountains. Barrman, Kaydee caught up with Cookster and Crispie on the third chair in the morning. And they rode the Ridge Rocket with powder turns in their sights. A Read more…
Chapter 2 Greg Malkovich lowered his ropes into place for his next set of windows. A stiff breeze whipped around the edge of the building. His hair blew into his face as he stared at the dark clouds hanging ominously above. Three hundred fifty feet of line dangled below him. Looking up he hoped the rain would hold off a while longer. He’d better hurry. He shouldn’t have taken such a long break; the weather was turning on him. He Read more…
Chapter 1: Out of Control Kamlei stared at the plastic test kit in her hand. Her hands shook as she waited. She felt torn inside. When she missed her time of the month, nervous butterflies swarmed inside her. It was the second test she took, she had to make sure – there could be no doubt about the results. The blue plus sign told her all she needed to know. Her heart raced as she paced through her large apartment. Read more…
It was March 23, 2020 and I just finished a walk with some dear friends at Big White. I sat down and wrote my first journal entry. My wife said I should share it on Facebook. I thought, hey why not? The reaction was very positive. So the next day I wrote another one. On my fiftieth birthday April 3, I published my Blog. Now here we are three years later. One of the best things that came out of Read more…
Music flowed from the man’s fingers and into the soul. It was a day of celebration and camaraderie at the Globe at Big White Ski Resort. It was Saint Paddy’s Day. Jon Bos played his heart out and the bar vibrated with the joy of live music. It was the first Saint Patrick’s day when everything felt like it should. Tables were tightly packed, people were laughing, and the little dance floor filled up with smiling patrons enjoying the connection Read more…
There was nothing quite as joyful as the laughter of a child. His son had the ball in his hands and tossed it off the back wall of their home. His wife held Mahdi close, and they both watched their son bounce the red ball, the cat was chasing it and the child’s laughter rose and fell with every bounce. His little son just celebrated his 3rd birthday. The joy they felt watching him tempered the feeling of fear they Read more…
Three years ago the WHO declared Covid 19 a pandemic. It felt like it was another world away. But it only took a couple of days until it was declared a health emergency in Canada. Two weeks, they said. Two weeks of social distancing and washing hands and it would all be over – two weeks… Three years ago. Officially it still isn’t over. But in the minds of the vast majority of people, it has been over for quite Read more…
Cookster wanted to get the perfect season. After his ski buddy died he wanted to ride on snow every single day that Big White was open. He realized that you never know when it can all be taken away. It was time to seize the moment and try for the perfect season. It was time to get out and just do it. Instead of carpe diem, he would carve the season. He skied and snowboarded in all weather. In freezing Read more…
Music filled the Kelowna Community Theatre, the rhythm and beat filled my soul. It began with the first blast of Rock and Roll and cascaded with energy until the last notes of Whole Lotta Love faded into the night. It wasn’t Led Zeppelin but it was as close as any of us will ever get to see. The band was called Led Zeppegain and they lived up to the name. Dressed to the T and rocking out like they lived Read more…
Monday musings from my blog. The sun is out and blue sky glows down on our paradise. Okanagan valley is alight with the first signs of second spring. It tried to snow over the weekend but it was merely a dusting of mother natures paintbrush. No matter what has happened in the human world, nature keeps on shining. In February 2020, the human world was a different place. Nature remains the same, but everything has gone crazy for the billions Read more…