Welcome to the warm summer solstice For our moods a comforting poultice The sun and wind our lovely sustenance Birds and their worms get their prominence   Lawns and gardens require our diligence Smil

... than reclining on a deck chair under the sun in the broad, open Western sky? Not much, I think.   Even better when my host has excused me from gardening chores. He says my company is enough, and

I'm now firmly ensconsed in the central interior of British Columbia. I've traversed the mountain highway between Kelowna and Kamloops, taking in all the wonderful scenery of hills, valleys, rivers an

This weekend finds us hale and hearty Canadians with our first long weekend of the relatively good weather season we call late Spring and Summer. It's the unofficial beginning of all things we find de

It's the first Friday in May, so what can I say, What to hope for, perhaps a sun ray, Maybe more free time, to run and play, Wishing faraway friends were here to stay, My special ones' fears to neatl