by Okanagan Life | Aug 8, 2011 | Rearview |
“You need to write about zombies.” It was my friend Rob’s dime so I continued to listen. We’ve been a dangerous duo for more than 50 years—more dangerous to ourselves than anyone else. “Your book needs a regiment of zombies.” I’ve just finished writing a novel that...
by Okanagan Life | Aug 8, 2011 | 30th Anniversary, Arts & Culture Archives, Culture |
I’m sitting on a local piece of public art. Don’t try and guess which one just yet, as you can see I’ve taken special care to distort its silhouette by lying awkwardly across it as if I was a bikini-clad barista on a break at hot sands beach. I’m performing a little...
by Okanagan Life | Aug 8, 2011 | In Person |
Property master Dean Goodine learned hands-on from some of the best in the industry on sets like Unforgiven. He ensures anything an actor moves or uses is ready, era-authentic and fits how the character. It can be nerve-racking to pick up the phone and call screen...
by Okanagan Life | Aug 8, 2011 | Travel |
“Preparez!” I raise my paddle over the water. “En avant!” Down it goes in time with the lead stroke, Laurie Bowen, who sits alone in the bow. Jordie, her husband and partner in Selah Outdoor Explorations, is calling orders from the stern of a 29-foot freighter canoe...
by Okanagan Life | Aug 8, 2011 | Features, Music |
I call him Collard. He’s a gorgeous hunk of piano, an 1864 product of the British piano maker Collard and Collard Company. When we met, the choice was this parlour grand or a molar implant. I don’t miss the tooth. I speak of Collard as a living entity because in many...
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