by alex | Jan 20, 2020 | John's Blog
Here I am and it’s my 74th birthday. This is the only day in my life I will ever be able to note the day and year as 20 2020. If I post this at 8:20 in the evening, which is 20:20 military time, then I guess it will read 20:20 20 2020. So, now in my mid 70’s I and...
by alex | Jan 21, 2019 | John's Blog
And suddenly, all too soon, this part of my life’s journey was over. It had been 286 days since I looked out at the Atlantic Ocean in Newfoundland and asked myself, “How far are you willing to go for someone you love?” Both the sky and the water were slate grey when...
by alex | Jan 16, 2019 | John's Blog
20-years-ago this week, I ran out of mainland Canada. It happened at Horse Shoe Bay in West Vancouver with the towering Coast Mountains as the backdrop to the B.C. ferry terminal, where we would make the crossing to Vancouver Island. It was funny. I just walked across...
by alex | Jan 10, 2019 | John's Blog
20-years-ago today I ended my day in Mission, British Columbia, on the north bank of the Fraser River, 80 kilometres east of Vancouver. We are down and out of the mountains after an incredible week of contrasts, as the road portion of this life journey is nearing its...
by alex | Jan 2, 2019 | John's Blog
20-years-ago today, I finished my day in Keremeos, a little town of 1500 people in the Similkameen valley in the southern interior of British Columbia. Before leaving Penticton where we marked New Years, Bevin Palmateer drove me back to Kelowna to do an interview on...
