Fat lady sings – Cowboy poet dies!
The CBC techies hard at work Brent giving me an intro Perhaps the title to this post is what I should have used as my six word entry in the final challenge of Canada Writes 2010. But I think it … Continued
Forget Snakes on Planes – Try kidney stones on planes!
I am sitting here, quite comfortably I hasten to add, in the well appointed Delta Hotel in downtown Winnipeg. Addicted as I am to maintaining my blog I spent the ten bucks it costs to get a connection for the … Continued
Now I’m really gone!
Me and Ricco before being famous So I checked my email this morning and I had a very good song suggestion by one of my co-workers from many years back. Alanna, with whom I worked in the newspaper business, has … Continued
Farewell and adieu
Sunset last evening over Kamloops Lake I had hiked out to my favourite little corner of Kenna Cartwright Park last evening – to get some more footage of the owls, stretch my legs and try to get my fix of … Continued
May day – May day!
campfires are always a good source for inspiration Okay, that was the distress call used back in the old days of radio and is probably still in use today – although I have not seen it employed in anything that … Continued
Let the sun shine!
free heat – well almost free – probably a 3 year pay back where I live I know I don’t strike many of my new acquaintances as being much of an environmentalist – especially since over half of my wardrobe … Continued
Scrabble anyone?
what was the score? Scrabble, or as we like to call it “Fight in a box”, is a great game for those long winter nights. Actually it’s a pretty good game anytime but there are many other outdoor interests that … Continued
“The smell of formaldehyde” – or “As the twig is bent”
RW Ritcey and Herb Green I was sifting through my copious volumes of photos this morning, looking as I do for inspiration for something non-typical to write about when I came across this photo. In it are Dad and his … Continued
Yellow canoe – emerald waters
The Red Wheelbarrow by William Carlos Williams so much dependsupona red wheelbarrowglazed with rainwaterbeside the whitechickens I had a very good English professor at UBC way back in the dark ages, I think shortly after Shakespeare had packed it in … Continued
Secret Places
the secret Burl forest my daughter, the tree hugger! I keep threatening to write a book called “Frank’s Secret Places.” The downside to such a book of course is then the secret is out – the upside is that you … Continued