I’ve been in Kelowna for a week and a half and am just now finding my rhythm. It’s hard to develop a routine when every day is rife with significant change.

Quite a few years ago, people from across Canada shared their Christmas memories in Country Woman magazine. One person remembers their Christmas tree adorned with tiny candles.

A famous broadcaster from the past once relayed this riddle to his listeners. Paul Harvey claimed 80% of Kindergarten kids were able to answer the riddle correctly…

Are you sure you’re okay to drive, Mr. Fendle? You’ve had more than a couple of drinks, you know… !

A tall woman in a bright red dress was singing in the foyer as I stepped out of the elevator. The violinist accompanying her leaned into his instrument.

A grandparent watched her grandson’s nativity play. As the third wise man, he marched up to the manger with his gift of frankincense and bellowed: “Frank sent this!”

Ah, splendid! Salvation flings forth in these dreadfully choppy seas!

We both slide onto our bar stools at the same moment and order an IPA on tap. Mine arrives first. I sip and smile to myself.

The definition of irony is - a state of affairs or an event that seems deliberately contrary to what one expects.

I’m not kicking the can down the road, I’m rolling it…

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Leaning against a display case of Christmas cakes in the frozen foods section of the Medicine Hat Superstore last week, I sighed and wept.

What happens when you start to feel the pressure from the world around you? Do you have trouble sleeping at night…

Here’s a riddle for you. Question: Do you know how an electrician tells if he’s working with alternating current (AC) or direct current (DC) power?

I’m watching planes take off from the Vancouver airport tarmac as I wonder how I pulled myself away from my brother’s cottage on 15 acres of old-growth trees and wild ferns?

Everyone sees things from their own unique perspective. For example, an elderly Alzheimer’s patient said, “It’s wonderful. I’m making new friends every day!”

My mother always told us we were late bloomers. And it’s true we took our time growing up, gathering tools and stories and information, failing and finding and losing our ways…