The Bookless Club

You weren’t my first choice. The other guy didn’t show up.  Three times.   Can’t say I blame him: removing a stand of bamboo is a miserable job. Well, I do blame him.  What a jerk.… Read More »EVERYDAY HEROES

“Back when I was a kid …” “When I was your age …” “There used to be a …” Do you do this?  Of course you do!  We all do. You only have to achieve… Read More »CHILDHOOD, THEN AND NOW

If the warnings were to be believed, there was a confluence of atmospheric events enroute that would have us cowering in the basement … if the basement didn’t flood. To say we were ill-prepared was… Read More »DISASTER RELIEF

Perhaps it’s only me, but I find it annoying programming the temperature each time I want to dunk a tea bag into a mug, but there you have it.  Progress. Options. Advances. Or as I… Read More »TECHNOLOGY OVERREACH

I’ll make a cake. The cake will make up for any shortcomings. This cake is intergalactically famous. I’ve been making it for years. It’s a rum cake. I’m having friends in this weekend. Sunday brunch.… Read More »ENTERTAINING

Beginning back in 2010, the Association started running a special holiday tour that left from the Railway Museum of BC in Squamish and made its fictitious way north to Santa’s workshop. They called their festive… Read More »HOLIDAY TRADITIONS

It’s interesting to reflect on what a group of kids set out for and what we ended up with. What sort of life would you choose? Would you choose a life of glorious highs even… Read More »HIGHS AND LOWS

The world had effectively taken in the welcome mat but this was something you could do, something different and definable. It’s good to have purpose. Especially in a pandemic. Bob Ross didn’t set out to… Read More »PANDEMIC PROJECTS

My job was simple: drive. Just keep quiet and drive. I never drive by Exit 32 without remembering that day. If it had played out as it might have, you’d probably remember the day, as… Read More »LIFE AND DEATH AND CDS

It’s a well known fact that learning an instrument has a myriad of benefits. Rocket Norton wasn’t exactly living a lie. He was living the dream. A dream based on a youthful fib. Go back… Read More »LIFE-LONG LEARNING