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PC Loop
On a rainy day I hiked a shorter loop (3.4 km) from Rose Hill Park. The loop route accessed Joyce Gulch, a double track, and a winding single track (PC Trail). It had rained in the morning but I managed a 75 minute hike in before the next set of showers. One one section of the trail there were long views to Kamloops and … Continue reading →
Tangled up in Blue
From Bob Dylan’s best album Blood on the Tracks is a song full of reminiscences of past relationships, combined into a song about loss, regret, hope, and personal choices. The phrases of “Tangled Up in Blue” resonate with us for days after hearing it, and after listening, we sometimes reflect on our own personal experiences, our losses and happy times, regrets and happy memories. … Continue reading →
Hamnet by Maggie O’Farrell
Hamnet is a historical fiction book by Maggie O’Farrell. The life and circumstances of William Shakespeare’s life has been more of an outline than a full biography, but we do know some of the basics. This novel builds a story from young Shakespeare’s family life, his courting and marriage to Agnes, the birth of his three children, and the time of his family’s life in … Continue reading →
Paul Lake in the Rain
On a day with non-stop rain, I drove up to the beach at Paul Lake to paddle in the rain. There was no one else on the lake. I had a spray skirt and a rain jacket to keep myself relatively dry and there was no wind, so I went to the east end of the lake and back for a 5 km route.
Continue reading →Day 44 – Edith Lake
On a greyish windy morning I paddled Edith Lake before the storms arrived. Day 44 for 2025. A bit tired from hiking Trophy Mountain the day before. No other boats on the lake. Jumping trout, swallows swooping, loons, swallows swooping, robins and woodpeckers in the trees, small flocks of ducks on the lake, blackbirds and killdeer on the shoreline, and one kayak.
Continue reading →Force of Nature by Jane Harper
Force of Nature is a thriller/mystery novel written by Jane Harper, the second in the Aaron Falk series, set in Australia. Five women set out on a four day corporate retreat backpacking into the remote Giralang Range, but only four return. A search is started and the police question the women and anyone else associated with the missing Alice Russell. Their stories are not consistent … Continue reading →
Community Lake
At the end of June the weather was grey, but I still drove up to Community Mountain, turning off the Sun Peaks Road onto the Knouff Lake Road, then onto the Community Lake Forest Service Road to the Rec Site. For the long weekend the campground was mostly full, but an early start meant I was first on the lake. It was drizzling when I … Continue reading →
On Paska Lake
Wish You Were Here
A long-time favorite is the song “Wish You Were Here” by Pink Floyd, shared here as a Live Unplugged David Gilmour video. It was recorded in 1975 and was released as the title song of the album of the same name. It was co-written by Gilmour and Roger Waters and is related to the lost band members, first Syd Barrett, then later Roger Waters. The … Continue reading →