Many years ago, on an Alaskan ferry heading for Sitka, we heard an announcement boom out over the top deck. The captain announced a summer-season treat–a free nature talk given by a young university student. We gathered around her in the sheltered lounge. The signboard said her talk was about… Read more: Losing your head

I’ve dreaded the forced transition from my familiar Win10 and Microsoft2010 for a loooong time. I tried to ignore the increasingly insistent notices about the end-of-service date of mid-October 2025, but my trustworthy desktop Dell was struggling to deal with the continuous updates during the last few months. I bought… Read more: Easier done than expected

A new venue, old and new sand sculptors, and a somewhat vague theme “Circus by the Sea” didn’t seem promising as we watched the news about this year’s Quality Foods Sand Sculpting Competition & Exhibition that takes place annually at Parksville’s beautiful Community Park (part of the five week long… Read more: Sun, sand, sculptures