As I drive out of Fernie toward Cranbrook, I am reminded of a Gary Larson cartoon. The road is lined […]

The phone rang mid-morning a couple days ago. It was Sean Staplin. “Hey.” “Hey yourself. Where are you?” “Just about […]

The six weeks since the ski hill closed have been weeks of ease. Very little rain. Warm. Not long after […]

The bombs broke my sleep. Looking out the window, snow, heavy snow, fell in the morning half-light. The metal barn […]

The Monster Enemy Lines became a waiting game with the rain and the disintegration of the snow pack in the […]

It’s the first day of new winter. Victoria Street is ankle deep in snow. A mid-shin berm runs down the […]

In broad strokes, philosophy falls into two schools. The belief that essence precedes existence. Or opposite belief, that existence precedes […]

It was raining. It was opening day at Fernie Alpine Resort. A ski area. And it was raining. I grew […]

It was a dark and stormy night (Tuesday, November 19th). At 10:30PM, in a fit of desperation–It really can’t be […]

The days were cool. And then chill. Now they are downright cold. The nights turn bitter after dark. Winter. The […]

Well before dawn, I stood at my window with a new winter reflected in the streetlights. As I stood, cradling […]

October Second Early this afternoon, I drove up to Alpine Trails. When I left at maybe four or four thirty, […]