Works in progress

Music is like a foreign language for me. Words are my specialty, not melodies or harmonies. I’ve spent most of my life learning words, using words, honing words. So although I took violin lessons as a… more

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The stars don’t care

Religion, I’m told, is dividing into two streams. One tells you what you must believe. In the other, people tell you what they no longer believe. I must be in the second. I no longer believe in what … more

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Another close call along Wood Lake corridor

Shortly after 3:00 p.m. last Thursday Lake Country RCMP attended the scene of a three-vehicle collision on Highway 97 just north of Ponderosa Road. An initial report states that two vehicles were head… more

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Pet pals

That autumn chill is definitely in the air! As much as I love summer, the cool, crisp mornings and charging of the furn… more

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Fortune in a bottle

Now as October rolls around, I’m getting used to living on my own. My roommate and I now do all our own grocery shopping… more