Happy Summer! I am writing this from the slightly hazy view from my deck in Kelowna. I can barely make out the other side of Okanagan Lake through the smoke from all the forest fires that are burning through the Okanagan area. Not the best of omens for our holidays but even that is not […]

Happy May!   I read an article this month on “languishing” that sort of hit home with me.  Psychologists define it as “characterized by lack of positive emotions and reduced interest in life along with suboptimal psychological and social functioning.” Or, from a layman’s perspective, it’s a feeling that while things are “fine”, they’re not necessarily good.  That […]

Happy March! Congratulations to us all as we’ve now just put the two most depressing months of the year behind us!  January is officially the worst, but February is at the top of my list for least favourite months.  Weather is terrible, the days are still short, and it tends to be my busiest time of the year […]

Hope you all had a great holiday season! 2020 was a hard year in a lot of ways but this is really the first Christmas break that I can remember that it felt peaceful. I am extremely blessed to have all my immediate family close by. So many advantages to having grandparents, aunts, uncles and cousins all willing […]

Happy November! We continue to live in interesting times.  I am writing this right now with Christmas music going on in the background as my wife and kids are hauling out Christmas decorations already.  I normally fight hard for no Christmas trappings before December 1st, but when Bonnie Henry announced two weeks of increased social distancing rules […]