Rural Alberta

When you drive into Camrose it welcomes you to the City of Camrose. I might raise a question… it seems more like a town when you close shops on Monday. Doesn’t it? I mean that’s the pattern in rural Canada – closed on Sundays and Mondays. So while they may meet the population requirements to…

Squirrels and kayaks

Summer is racing along – well that’s how I feel. Can’t believe that we are almost halfway through August. Philip announced just over two weeks until the kids return to school. Not that they’re anxious! I notice as the apples ripen in our tree the squirrel is more interested in coming by, biting off the…

A life well lived – Bob!

Sunday evening we discovered that earlier in the week Bob Simper had gone on to his heavenly reward at the age of 93. I remember calling him on his 85th birthday from Toronto and hearing that same energy and love that permeated all his conversations. Bob had this gift, it isn’t common but it was…