Rearview: Diary daze with Kathryn Jenkins

Rearview: Diary daze with Kathryn Jenkins Collecting memories is tougher than it seems I wish now that I’d written it all down, but too often at the end of the day, when I’m ready for bed, I’ve ended up scribbling a few lines about a minor health issue or having...
Happy feet, happy heart

Happy feet, happy heart

I am a late bloomer in the world of dance. The 1950s song I Can’t Tell A Waltz From A Tango has rung true for most of my adult life. As a young girl I attended social dances with my parents. (I don’t believe there was a choice back then.) These were special occasions...
Rearview: Life cycles with Laura Gosset

Rearview: Life cycles with Laura Gosset

By Laura Gosset Reflections on mountain biking as a metaphor for living It has been said that happiness is nothing more than good health and a bad memory. Honestly, it must be true. I’m exceedingly healthy and happy, but my memory is abysmal. How could I have...
Name game

Name game

Nicknames: I’m guessing we all have at least one and that it tends to be a term of endearment. If we don’t, I bet we can recall one or two from childhood that may have been anything but endearing!  But nicknames needn’t apply only to people. From my early days I...
We’re getting there

We’re getting there

By Blake Allen I could begin just about anywhere in the Okanagan, but instead I’ll start on the other side of the globe. More specifically, the forlorn Australian island of Tasmania where, one stormy night at a stone-walled pub in Hobart, I found myself engrossed in...
Rearview – Self-employed by Dona Strumanis

Rearview – Self-employed by Dona Strumanis

I  promised Laurie, my editor, I wouldn’t joke about working in pyjamas when she suggested I write about being self-employed for this particular edition of Rearview. Yet, here I sit at a very odd hour of the night eating Italian wedding soup and contemplating whether...