Twelve years ago, Linda, Chelsea and I, with some help from our adult son, Halden and my best friend, Jim, made the best doggone decision […]

It’s February, Valentine’s Day. As usual I haven’t got a clue what to do. I am often compelled to watch what my son calls “chick […]

“The trumpeters are in!” said Linda. I stumbled out of bed and joined her gawking out of our front room window. In the early morning […]

I have to confess; since my earliest years I have been powerfully driven by fear. When I was about three years old and living in […]

“Did you see that?!” Linda exclaimed. Bud the Lab snore-snorted loudly, jumped up from his coma and woofed at about the same timed as I […]

It was my chore to pack the water. For me, like most 10-year-old boys, chores were an abomination. Chores sucked, literally sucked the life out […]

There was a loud crash at the back door. Our son, Halden and daughter, Chelsea were both working in the kitchen. The noise shocked them. […]

Winter had been unusually long but I just had to get out in the bush. It was a case of maintaining what little sanity I […]

Splat! “What on earth was that?” exclaimed Linda. The answer to her question came by way of piercing whistles and blood-curdling screams. I nearly scalded […]

“I am off bear huntin’, hun,” I whispered into the dark at a rumpled hump of goose down. “Where are you going?” asked a sleepy […]

It is soon to be Purim. This means it’s time for me to dust off my Old Testament and read Esther. In the Jewish Bible, […]

“Blast! It’s cold,” I said, my teeth chattering and chewing the words. “You can say that again,” Linda said. “I have been getting increasingly chilled […]

“The stellar’s jay was at the birdfeeder today,” Linda said. “I haven’t seen him for more than a month. And the pileated woodpecker was in […]

November is well into winter in the Cariboo-Chilcotin region of B.C. One of the nice things about our long winters is the night sky. Clear […]