Situations are often tremulous, callous and heart-rending Lovers abandon, confident in choosing this fast ending While others sulk, satisfied in continuous heart mending While we sit and wonder about

Sometimes one finds his dreams dissolved Cravenly adrift, with pain to be absolved Looking for hope, seeking to seem involved Figuring out how life's puzzle can be solved.   But while some are content

Welcome to the warm summer solstice For our moods a comforting poultice The sun and wind our lovely sustenance Birds and their worms get their prominence   Lawns and gardens require our diligence Smil

... than reclining on a deck chair under the sun in the broad, open Western sky? Not much, I think.   Even better when my host has excused me from gardening chores. He says my company is enough, and

I'm now firmly ensconsed in the central interior of British Columbia. I've traversed the mountain highway between Kelowna and Kamloops, taking in all the wonderful scenery of hills, valleys, rivers an