Category Archives: Life in the country

Me:   ” I remember when we were both eight or something. You were staying with us and we went and saw “101 Dalmatians” at the Birch Cliff theatre. That was my first movie. You were such a sweet little Theodore Cleaver … Continue reading →

My humblest apologies to great American composer – John Philip Sousa. Clearly his greatest musical accomplishment was stolen from him. We call it sampling today. Sixty years after the “The Stars and Stripes Forever” was written, Mitch Miller came along. … Continue reading →

The following is a beautiful, treasured paragraph taken from Katrina Kenison’s book “Magical Journey: An Apprenticeship in Contentment”   Quiet has many moods. When our kids are home, their energy is palpable. Even when they’re upstairs sleeping I can sense … Continue reading →

  We didn’t hear a thing.  I was almost down to the water before I clued in. I found it unusually bright, as if a mythical giant has reached down and pinched off a corner of the horizon, letting in … Continue reading →

   Our campsite is right on the waters edge. This is obviously Inside the RV looking out on the beach. You can see their orange skiff through our window. IThe tide is out.     This is a photo of … Continue reading →

She wants to take me out in the skiff with the dogs to tie out the crab pots.  Say what?  That sounds just crazy dangerous. Doesn’t it?  We have arrived in Haida Gwaii and life is quite different here.  First … Continue reading →

   A land locked native village along the coast with countless bald eagles perched in the fir trees and soaring overhead      Warren watching the beautiful scenery float by    

I’m writing from Wrangell, Alaska a fairly small, but busy land locked port in Alaska’s inner passage.  I think everyone here flies a sea plane.  They are taking off and landing all around us like dragon flies. We are on … Continue reading →

Mosquitos  0.   Black Flies.   0. (Can you believe our luck)  One bottle of Chardonnay ( it is Saturday night)  Wildlife sightings today – one poor dead moose and a huge black bear The weather is partially cloudy, some … Continue reading →

We snagged a great camp site today. We are on the banks of Toad River,  Northern  BC, just south of the Yukon.  Here is a summary of the last 24 hours: Mosquitos      0 Black flies (orbiting but not … Continue reading →