by Okanagan Life | Dec 23, 2015 | Rearview
Like Scrooge’s undigested bit of beef, Kathryn’s imagination is driven a little whacky by Christmas leftovers. The After Eights and eggnog in my fridge seem out of place now. They scream holiday indulgence. Like lonely leftover presents, unclaimed under...
by Shelley Wood | Oct 15, 2015 | Rearview
I like your hair,” my friend told our harried waitress, who could have smoothed a fast hand over her artful up-do, mumbled a thank you, then dashed away with our drink order. Instead she made a face and cast a quick glance at the phalanx of suits with name tags...
by Shelley Wood | Oct 13, 2015 | Rearview
Forget your many pots on the burner, lines in the water, irons in the fire: I am going to tell you something that will stop you in your tracks. I’m not busy. I’m so not busy I couldn’t even get through the million and one things I didn’t need to get done today in...
by Shelley Wood | Jul 15, 2015 | Rearview
An ever-growing number of museums, monuments, and amusement parks have announced that visitors must leave their selfie-sticks at home. I, for one, am applauding the decision with the free hand I’m not using to take a picture of myself with my cell phone. I took a solo...
by Okanagan Life | Jun 15, 2015 | Rearview
“I eat, therefore I am.” Descartes didn’t say that—I stole it from him and paraphrased just a bit. As a pithy epigram it’s true in so many ways. But the one that concerns me, and what I know for certain, is great meals make great memories. The link between the two is...
by Shelley Wood | May 8, 2015 | Rearview
Thirty years ago, my mum put my brother and I on a plane in Vancouver to meet my father in Australia, trusting us to the care of flight attendants. The airline staff gave us colouring books and put stickers on our chests with the initials “U.M.”...
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