• Update: Fraser Lake Festival of the Arts

    Friday August 12: Coffeehouse @ Fraser Lake Legion Hall- 165 Chowsunket St. from 6pm – 10pm. Saturday August 13: The Second Annual Fraser Lake Festival of the Arts will be at the arena /soccer field site alongside Hwy. 16. Opening Ceremonies are at 10am. Displays and workshops featuring artistic creations in oil, acrylic, fiber, quilting,…

  • White Swan Music Festival

    For country music lovers and classic car lovers! I enjoy good country music and this annual event is too often overlooked! See you in the park! 10th Annual White Swan Music Festival July 16th – 17 (both days) White Swan Park Fraser Lake, BC Free Admission & Camping Saturday, July 16th:: Opening Ceremonies 11:30am CLASSIC…

  • My World

    My world is a good world. It is a world filled with joy and renewed confidence. In my hands I hold a book of memories. Not ready to close it. Not for awhile.

  • HISTORICAL DVD AVAILABLE

    FRASER LAKE & AREA HISTORY NOW ON D.V.D. REPRODUCED FROM ORIGINAL SLIDE/TAPE PRESENTATIONS WRITTEN AND ARRANGED BY DORIS RAY IN 1988 FOR THE FRASER LAKE MUSEUM. THE PRESENTATIONS, PRODUCED DIGITALLY BY JEAN-LUC LEMIRE FOR THE FRASER LAKE & DISTRICT HISTORICAL SOCIETY, ARE NOW AVAILABLE ON D.V.D FOR ONLY 10 DOLLARS A COPY 1: THE COLLINS…

  • APRIL 21ST POETRY CHALLENG: prompt: If I could change the world

    April 21 IF I COULD CHANGE THE WORLD If I could change the world The first thing that I’d do Is make darn sure that everyone Has a place to come home to I would flip the social safety net To put children back on top The focus should be on the kids What hurts…

  • THE PARABLE OF THE TWINS

    The Parable of the Twins (This was in SPECIAL CARE SERIES BOOK FOUR received in the mail from the Fraser Lake Hospice Society. Thanks so much. So comforting!) Once upon a time, twin boys were conceived in the same womb. Weeks passed, and the twins developed. As their awareness grew, they laughed for joy, “Isn’t…

  • 2016 Recreation & Small Business Expo on Saturday

    Doris’s Books Table #22 THE FAIRIES OF FAIRYOPIA Children’s bedtime stories about wee folk residing on a tiny island off the coast of Vancouver Island. (Grandmother approved content) THE BOY ON THE ROAD stories relevant to the rough and tumble frontier life of Northern BC and the Cariboo. (Guys like these stories) NORTH COUNTRY RHYMES…

  • My favourite Memory (April 11th Poetry Post)

    April 11 prompt: My favorite memory My favorite memory happened just now My fingers reached across the keys The monitor lit up Facebook came into view And there were the words “I love you”

  • My Husband’s Birthday-April 10th Poetry Challenge

    Today was my husband’s birthday I’d like to bake him a cake Or perhaps a pie With a candle on it We could go fishing Nice weather We’re having Anzus Lake might be open I could drive up Paddle Hill He’d probably need to Remind me To turn right, not left Onto the 200 road…

  • Tritina For The Trees

    Napowri’s ;prompt” April 7 Poetry Challenge is to write a tritina. The tritina is a shorter cousin to the sestina, involving three, three-line stanzas, and a final concluding line. Three “end words” are used to conclude the lines of each stanza, in a set pattern of ABC, CAB, BCA, and all three end words appear…