April poems from the Cariboo Chimney smoke clots the nostrils I can feel the beginnings of a sneeze, a snort A wheeze. Air is heavily laden with moisture Black smoke sifting down To the ground An Old Log House Old log house built In 1927 Still habitable My brother’s friend Lives there along with his dogs…

The school gym packed to capacity. An entire town guffawing, snorting, giggling helplessly, with barely enough time to breathe before convulsing into another throat muscle spasm. Hilarious performances pertaining to people we know and places to go in our “Still Standing” community.

April 6 Poem: JUST AN ORDINARY MAN An Ordinary Man That’s what he was Just an ordinary man Never got no medals For doing what he can… He excelled at many things I admired him for that He also had some issues That were wrong and that’s a fact. But an ordinary man Can be…

Men’s World Curling Curling’s a sport that’s becoming well known And even some Chinese rocks have been thrown Canada’s skip who’s from Newfoundland Is playing the team from The Netherlands The Dutch are new at playing on ice Water don’t freeze when it leaks from a dike. Their team is gradually learning the game And…

THE ART SHOW I went to the Art Show looked around and it was like music to my eyes food for my soul Such a mosaic of colours shapes, sizes, textures It filled my inner sanction with gobs of sweetness, spiciness and even saltiness Tiny pieces of fabric sewn together to compose a colourful landscape…

I wrote the following poem in August 2015. I wanted to commemorate the minor miracle of how a group of “artsy” folk in the Village of Fraser Lake was able to pull off the first successful Fraser Lake Festival of the Arts- in the pouring rain yet! There’s a long rough road ‘tween hope and…

Music’s the language of the soul Whether it be Tchaikovsky Hank Williams or “Old Black Joe” Music’s the language of the soul Reliving thoughts And feelings Experienced long ago. Music’s the language of the soul Lyrics and melodic Combinations Intrinsically enrolled. Music’s the language of the soul Elvis Presley and Michael Jackson Universally known. Music’s…

From Fraser Lake Village Office News: “STILL STANDING [CBC show] will produce an episode of “Still Standing” in Fraser Lake. This production will showcase our many positive attributes. The program highlights small Canadian towns that have experienced economic challenges but are working to revitalize. The story of our community is told through the interview of…

Boy the dice are certainly loaded against the most vulnerable in our society! I hear on the news that motions are in progress to make it even harder to smoke cigarettes in public places. I see hospital patients with I.V. devices dangling behind, out on the streets, barely dressed to combat below zero weather, desperately…