On a hot June day I got an early start to go up to the Roche Lake area, then onto the Bleeker Lake Forest Service Road. I parked at the Rec Site on the lake and launched my kayak. I paddled the whole lake, going around the lakeshore in a 4.5 km counter-clockwise loop. The lake has low water levels as a … Continue reading →
On a hot (36 C) day in June I drove to Monte Lake on Highway 97 South. I used the boat launch on the Monte Creek Forest Service Road on the north end of the lake. I paddled down the middle of the lake to the south end, then returned along the western shore back to the start, a 5.5 km route. There was … Continue reading →
The Sweetness at the Bottom of the Pie is the first book of ten in the Flavia de Luce mystery series by Alan Bradley. This was the author’s first book, going on to win the Debut Golden Dagger Award. He wrote the first chapter and a summary and from his proposal, he managed to get a contract to publish the book. The story is … Continue reading →
On a sunny and warm weekend morning in June I drove through the community of Knouff Lake to the Rec Site on the western side of Sullivan Lake. I used one of the hand launch spots to paddle the lake. For this day, I chose to do a clockwise loop going north to the Resort, then south along the eastern side around the islands, then … Continue reading →
P.D. James has been called “the Queen of Crime” a title celebrating a life writing top-notch crime/mystery/police procedural novels (30 in total). Her books feature well-developed characters and carefully plotted mysteries. Her most famous series – Inspector Dalgleish – follows his career solving crimes from his start as a detective to his time as Superintendent, 14 books, and also a TV series. I have … Continue reading →
Small Mercies is set in a particular place (Southie, a poorer neighborhood in Boston) and at a certain time (1974, a time of desegregation), with a blend of genres – crime, thriller, mystery, historical fiction, and social commentary. The story centers on Mary-Pat Fennessy, an Irish American heritage white mother living in the Projects. She loses her children to drugs and murder and she … Continue reading →
On the last day of May I launched my kayak into the lake from the Lac le Jeune Campground beach, and battled winds for a loop route on the west end of the lake. At times the winds gusted to 20 km/hr from the west. This was Day 28 for 2025.
Continue reading →On a day with windy conditions in the Interior, there was one direction where the winds were not forecast until later in the day and that was in the Paul Lake – Pinantan Lake area. I drove up to Pinantan Lake and launched from the end of Cridge Road and paddled to the marshy area on the northeast side of the lake. Blackbirds, marsh wrens, … Continue reading →
A World of Curiosities in the 18th book in the Inspector Gamache series by Canadian author Louise Penny. It is a police procedural crime novel, but there are many layers and intriguing developments throughout the story, completed by a thriller ending. The tale begins with several back-stories. The main story is an early Gamache case in which a prostitute is killed and her two kids are … Continue reading →
A 4.7 km paddle around Walloper Lake on a grey morning. No other boats on the lake, but I spotted great blue herons, an osprey, a killdeer, blackbirds, geese, and many ducks. Fish jumping for a new hatch. Very little wind and a quiet spot for a paddle. Day 22 for 2035.
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