It was a cool morning for this time of year. Not a genuine frosty morning, more of a shrink-your-package-while-walking-to-the-tub type of morning. It was time for my playdate with Steve. I was cavorting with him, turning the jets on and off while the heater was running. His lights were blinking rhythmically and he would shudder …
Chapter 4: It’s all relative
Today is our only full day in the Okanagan. It's already 6:30 pm and we have steeped ourselves in medium big-city living all day and are worked, napped, and fed. Carol has an armload of treasures that she's rescued from second hand shops plus a host of vegetation to take back home to spruce up …
Chapter 3: Are we there yet?
It's going to be a busy day so we're up at dawn (dawnish... okay, it's 8:30). I go through my morning routine minus my date with the tub, while Carol organizes the suitcases, the in-car meal, the snacks, the itinerary, waters the plants, empties the garbage, sets the lamp timer, and locks the windows and …
Chapter 2: The usual suspects, plus one…
By now the faithful reader has become accustomed to the entourage that accompanies us when we escape the confines of the West Kootenays. There is Fred, my Samsung S5 Neo; always looking for mischief, falling off tables, getting drunk in a puddle of beer, wrapped in his Otterbox Commuter shield. His current home screen shows …
Chapter 1: Preamble
Tub with a view Early March, and spring has arrived. The trees are already pruned, the grass is raked, crocuses poke through the rotting mulch in the flower beds left over from last fall. My world is unfolding as it has for the past 68 years. I spent the winter in a funk. The best …
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