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Jan 53 min read
SUNRISE SUNSET
In the first post since UFTM revived, I said that I’d like to focus more on the people we met more than the places we saw. Well, we...
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Sep 16, 20242 min read
TWO NIGHTS
Night one. Between Spokane and Portland, along the Columbia River, close to Biggs Junction. (Look it up). It has been a very hot day,...
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Aug 6, 20242 min read
ODE TO RUBY
Ruby the dog is my favorite. It’s just that simple. Here are the reasons. First, Ruby is well behaved. Maybe it’s because of her breed...
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Aug 1, 20242 min read
SUFFERING AT SHEEP RIVER
After this week, Okotoks and Covid will always be synonymous in my mind. Here, by the lovely banks of the Sheep River, we have been...
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Jul 28, 20243 min read
FEASTS FOR THE SENSES
We have been in Cochrane for six days now, doing almost nothing. That is because Gail got Covid and couldn’t do anything, and, right on...
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Jul 26, 20244 min read
WARD AND WARD 2.0
In the spirit of talking about people we meet along the way, let me tell you about a guy who changed my life. You will never meet him...
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Jul 23, 20243 min read
SLOW NEWS DAY
By comparison with today’s news—or any other day’s news—our meanderings are not very exciting. Just today, for instance, Kamala became...
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Jul 13, 20241 min read
ADDENDUM
Here is an addendum. In the previous post, I used the words “boring” and “uneventful” to describe our trip through BC. Well, that is...
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Jul 9, 20244 min read
UPFROMTHE MUD comes UP FROM THE MUD
It is July 8, 2024. It is hot everywhere: 40 degrees in the Okanagan, 47 degrees yesterday in Vegas (I heard), about 34 degrees here in...
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Feb 25, 20242 min read
DRIVING MISS DAISY
Wikipedia says the following things about “Driving Miss Daisy”: · It was made in 1989 · It won four academy awards · ...
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Feb 24, 20243 min read
GOODFELLAS
“You should watch more movies,” a workmate told me. “Have you ever seen Goodfellas?” “No,” I said, “I haven’t seen most movies.” “Watch...
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Jan 27, 20243 min read
I DO NOT UNDERSTAND WHY YOU LIKE DRIVING TRUCKS
That’s what my wife says to me all the time. In truth, I don’t have a good answer, but I have some speculations on the subject. Here...
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Jan 23, 20242 min read
GIFT
Do you remember what you got for Christmas? Or what you did? Or what the whole experience was like? I’m guessing not. Or at least it...
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Jan 21, 20242 min read
A LADY THAT WE KNOW
A lady that we know came for a visit, as she sometimes does, and she said to me, you should write more blogs. You’ll lose your audience...
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Oct 7, 20233 min read
THANKSGIVING
This morning we went out our back door, through the old Royal Oak golf course, and along the trail behind Beaver Lake. Spectacular,...
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Aug 16, 20234 min read
PARTING SHOTS
So this is it. Sort of. Tomorrow night we get the ferry off the rock, and then we set sail for Alberta to attend a family event. ...
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Jul 31, 20232 min read
SHOTS OF NEWFIEDOM
You have not heard of Lumsden, I’m guessing. Nor had most people until some tourist website publicized it. Now it is famous enough to...
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Jul 30, 20233 min read
THAT'S JUST WHO THEY ARE
In Newfoundland, there is a place called Trinity and another one called Trinity East, both on Trinity Harbor, or Trinity Bight as it is...
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Jul 24, 20233 min read
THINGS THAT ARE REAL, THINGS THAT ARE NOT
Back in the day there was a book called “Reality Isn’t What it Used to Be”, by a Walter Truett Anderson. It dealt with post-modernism,...
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Jul 20, 20233 min read
ANOTHER WEEK AT THE OFFICE
I last posted from Peggy’s Cove, which is a long time ago. My apologies to the winers. I know you’ve been able to find something else...
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