Dream I just woke up from: Julius recruits me into a Big Brother type organization sponsored by the police where parents just drop off their kids for us to play with. Basically a thankless daycare. Anyway, Microsoft donates a bunch of calculators to us for the kids but they are impossible to figure out because … [Read more…]
This spring I installed the latest Mac OS (Snow Leopard) and my rather old version of Final Cut (video editing software) did not run well on it. I researched online for a few weeks and was prepared to dish out some money to buy the latest version of Final Cut Pro ($1199). As I was … [Read more…]
you come back from the bathroom and Hitler has taken your seat?
Since first touting this microbrewery pub in Regina when I met him 2 1/2 years ago, Chris finally had the opportunity to take me to visit the legend in the flesh. Monday night, our last night in Regina, I spent 3 or 4 hours at the Bushwakker Brewpub. Brian bought us a sampler tray which … [Read more…]
The Qu’Appelle Valley in Saskatchewan was once the political centre of the province and the milieu for many of the treaties signed with First Nations in the 19th Century. The valley itself was carved out of the prairie by glacier some time back and it is made up of a string of lakes connected by … [Read more…]
So I’m the speaker at this camp (KBK) and I also was given the opportunity to do the cabin videos as the video guy is off this week. Cabin videos involve making a short film (1-3 minutes each) with their cabin. So, from Tuesday afternoon through to Friday afternoon I have filmed (about 1 hour … [Read more…]
Since I like to make lists and I was thinking of them when I was hiking the Blue Lakes on Monday, I thought I would draw up a list of some of the memorable hikes I’ve enjoyed over the years. Kootenay Plains, AB; 1987 Wood Bison Trail, Elk Island, AB; 1987 Siffleur Falls, AB; 1988, … [Read more…]
$2.75 to ride the train or bus in Calgary. Not a terrible rate really. Our family used the transit system for the first time in Calgary on July 1st to go to Prince’s Island Park for the festivities and to avoid the parking chaos. I brought change in case the machines didn’t take credit card … [Read more…]
Since I first visited Smithers in 1997, Amber has promised to take me to Blue Lakes, near Hazelton, BC. It’s a 40 minute drive and then a 14 km hike (round trip) to the second lake. This year, our schedule allowed it and we had child care (thanks Judy). This is the first one. This … [Read more…]
I’m up with the kids this morning at my sister’s place in So. Cooking Lake. We slept in their camper and I have the kids in the car to get their sandals on when a military armoured vehicle drives by and stops at the stop sign (the house is on the corner). Behind the armoured … [Read more…]