The Epistle of Q — Chapter Seventy-Seven

Sometimes “letters to the editor” do not give enough space for a thoughtful conversation. So I’m going to tell you and if it rings true enough, you can take what you want and send it to your paper. Where has rationality gone in this province of ours, let alone our country? We seem to be […]

The Epistle of Q — Chapter Seventy-Six

Have I got an idea for the churches who need to turn their real estate into longer-term survival plans? Let me try to explain… Things are happening in Penticton these days in part because there is an election coming. There will be people wondering who they can get to run for office so that the […]

The Epistle of Q — Chapter Seventy-Five

Okay, help me here, when are we really going to understand how this country has any money at all to invest in infrastructure, in training, in getting back to balanced budgets? I am getting more puzzled every day. Is it just me, or are leaders here in BC really inconsistent? A couple of fays ago, […]

The Epistle of Q — Chapter Seventy-Four

What music has been in the air this weekend? Where to begin…well let’s start with today and then I’ll talk about last night. Today it was Live From the Met and the production of Luisa Miller. As you know even though I’ve become quite a fan of opera in recent years, I’m in the same […]

In Memoriam — Humboldt SK

There are times when words are not easily found to say things that one wants to share. While this often happens when trying to discuss feelings at times of death, the problem is compounded when death is both tragic and involves many people, most of them young like my grandkids. I am not sure I […]

The Epistle of Q — Chapter Seventy-Three

Have the animal rights people gone too far? I went to see Peter and the Wolf the other evening at the Okanagan Symphony as part of their family program. I was rather excited to ponder the story I first learned from a record my parents got me as part of my Record club when I […]

The Epistle of Q — Chapter Seventy-Two

Why can’t some people just do what they say they are going to do, when others show they can? Good Friday was a day of contrasts for me, but it reminded me that some people don’t even get what they are saying, let alone do what they are saying they are going to do… It […]