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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
Another colleague has been rather persistent in calling me out for not being an avid “global warmist” — well, to be fair, the criticism has been shifting more onto my skepticism towards much of the scientific community’s ranting about “climate change”. So, since I’m on this pulpit about politicians and their complete irrationality at times, […]
I was asked recently why I have been dwelling on my life more than my opinions. Good question, except I have been writing an Epistle and letters tend to be less opinionated. However, lest you think I can no longer think, I thought I would provide you with some thoughts that have been percolating later […]
So, how did the ski lesson turn out? Well, remember last autumn I decided to go to a high performance driving school? It turned out that even though I have been driving reasonably well for some fifty-seven years, there were some things that needed re-tooling…refining my approach to sitting behind the wheel, so to speak. […]
So am I still stimulating my brain with music since returning from Chicago? Absolutely! In fact I just realized that the last ten days have been filled with interesting events, including several musical moments. After the pruning morning and a well-earned shower, I attended a concert by the Okanagan Symphony entitled “Prodigy!” which was well […]
Why would the late Chuck Lupton be proud of me now? I had a life long friend pass away three years ago. I had worked for Chuck’s dad — Chas Lupton — on Up-Ridge Holsteins for three years in my early to mid teens. Chuck was ten years older than I but we became friends […]
