Out of Respect
I post to this blog each Friday and I have one ready that I have been looking forward to publishing but I have decided to wait a week before I do. It is fun and lighthearted and silly but I don’t think it is appropriate to post just right now.
A Remarkable Woman
This is an excerpt from ‘Bubna’ a novel that I am writing, an historical fiction about one of the most remarkable woman ever to emigrate to Canada. The Countess Bubna – Litic was single, political, eccentric and vastly wealthy and she achieved whatever she put her mind to leaving in her wake the story of a life well lived and a legacy that flourishes to this day. This chapter begins on opening day of the Hotel Eldorado in Kelowna BC.
It was 1926.
Alpha: A Love Story
Fumiko had listened to Mr. Tanaka’s stories for as long as she could remember. He never said they were true, he would just encourage Fumiko to close her eyes, listen to his voice and imagine and let the story transport her.
Bobby’s Eyebrows
And as if on cue Bobby B. walked into the room, fresh back from a trip to his barber (yes, that does carbon date him). He had a drill sergeant brush cut with the immediate gravitas ‘don’t mess with me’ look I expect he was going for. And eyebrows you could land a small aircraft on.
What Would My Dog Think?
My dog Edith doesn’t think much about things. About anything actually. She’s not a thinker, she’s instinctual. Risk? Bark. Hungry? Growl. Happy? Nothing.
Now humans, we think.
Nona’s Mouse
Good Lord laughter is such good medicine. I take a daily dose and not just a spoonful of ‘ha-ha’ laughter either. I’m talking about deep, stomach tightening, oxygen using laughter.
Three Good Eggs
I think there’s a trick to this whole thing: Let go of what you were good at, I mean really let it go and replace it by doing something good.
I am an Immigrant
It makes the decision my parents had made to move lock stock and barrel to Canada, halfway around the world from everything they knew, all the more extraordinary. They could not have possibly understood all that lay ahead. I do know, as I have reflected back, that it was the greatest gift I have ever received.
I Want What Freddy Has
And off we went on a wild imaginative ride, full of characters and animals and monsters and adventure and climax and resolution. Freddy created a complete story without every having been taught how to put one together. And. he was joyful and spirited and physical and exuberant. Good Lord it was wonderful to be with him. It was Freddy and his good friend Joie de Vivre just loving life.
My Friend David
David Larsen was the greatest friend I ever had and one of the most important influences in my life. No man, save my father and my two sons has had more impact on my life. No man, save my father and my two sons have I loved as I have David.