May 31 - To Goose Spit And The Lazo Bird Sanctuary

Up against the rocks
No cool breeze finds us. We bake
Then seek the forest

May 30 - An Early Start To The Cycling Day As Summer Finally Heats This Place Up (A Little)

I ride Gage to school
Then I'm gone to the mountains
Eagles fill the sky

May 29 - Yard Work, In Which The Boys Burn All The Trees They've Cut Down

Pull a thousand weeds
Plant a big pot of lilies
Huge bonfire sizzles

May 28 - Six Children and Hot Dogs On The Fire Way Up At Forbidden Plateau

North to Andrea's
With the million-dollar view
And kids everywhere

May 27 - On The Bike Ride To The Medicine Bowls

A sudden downpour
But it's nowhere else but here
My personal cloud

May 26 - The Hunt Begins For A Cheap, Reliable, Easily Resold Vehicle

We look at a truck
It's not perfect, but what is?
Obsessed, I comb ads

May 25 - One Of Those Non-Stop Rain Days Where It's Just Better To Stay Inside

I've got the rain chills
Light a fire, make cookies
Anthony gets lost

May 24 - If I Could Go Cycling Every Day, I Would

Stay right, they tell me
Over the dam, Puntledge-bound
Onward to Nymph Falls

May 23 - Back In The Valley, Where The Simple Life Has Its Appeal

More flowers to plant
I should be working, but the
sun calls me outside

May 22 - Figuring Out This Latest Life Phase

Andy seems quite keen
What's our niche? We try harder
People must want that

May 21 - Taking Home The Leftovers After Dinner With Tracy and Douglas And Gloria And Darrel

Stuffed with paella
We stagger home with berries
And bags of whipped cream

May 20 - Victoria Is A Hard Place To Catch Your Breath

What's up with this place?
Every day is so jam-packed
There's no time to chill

May 19 - We Pack Up The Jeep For A Few Days In Victoria

Parade starts the day
Gage packs popcorn for the ride
South to the city

May 18 - I Am Imagining Jordan's Surprised Face When She Shes That It Actually Happened

We awake focused
Plants to buy, raised beds to build
The garden gets done

May 17 - A Slow Woods Walk With Way Too Many Kids, Followed By Hamburgers At Regan's With Daryll's Family

We make an odd bunch

My ex, our kids, his son. But

somehow it all works

May 16 - An Otherwise Ordinary Day Ends With A Hasty Retreat To The RV For The Boys And Me

Windy, so I work
Sorting photos, writing
But the night explodes

May 15 - Even Though It's Sunny And Warm, I Stay In Place Working. But I'm Not Happy About It

Procrastination
Ends. I have to find photos
From my two-year stash

May 14 - Walking The Salmon Point Nature Trail With Gayla And Vicki

Old friends, I like you
The world changes, but us three
Keep on keeping on

May 13 - Can You Get Culture Shock In Your Own Country?

Nothing is clicking
I feel so dislocated
Wondering what's next

May 12 - Convincing A New Generation That A 50-Per-Cent-Off Sale At Value Village Should Never Be Passed Over

Gage is skeptical
But finds a cool black T-shirt
For future track meets

May 11 - A Glorious Afternoon At Kye Bay

Mother's Day beach time
The sun shines on our picnic
Just my gang and me

May 10 - Zach Got A Tick, Rachelle Got A Hand Injury And The Boys Got Lost For A While, But Otherwise It Was A Great Afternoon

A favourite hike
Around Comox Lake's dry bluffs
Tree frogs watch us pass

May 9 - Head Down To Get The Proposal Done And The Interview Answers Down To 50 Words

No prob filling time
Great to get paid for it, though
Money, come to me

May 8 - A Cold, Rainy Day Triggers My Homebody Instincts

My domestic side

Emerges to bake cookies

Daniel, stoke the fire

May 7 - Whoever Was Responsible For This, Thank You

A gift from Kal Tire
There's nothing wrong with the brakes
Is this good karma?

May 6 - I Am Happy To Be Earning Money Again

I'm back in the zone
Lining up calls, finding names
Reporter reborn

May 5 - Driving A 24-Year-Old RV After Nine Months Parked

Bad tire, smelly brakes
One drive from Cumberland feels
Like cash through my hands

May 4 - Regan and I Walk To Comox Lake With Our Three Buddies

Clouds give way to blue
Owen cycles beside us
While Maggie runs free

May 3 - Wool Socks And A Down Vest Indoors As I Adjust To Yet Another New Living Arrangement

Yeah, I know it's May
But Daniel's house is so cold
Bring me the RV

May 2 - Tracy's and My Big Day Goes Sideways And We Never Do Visit The Three Hotels

The organized plan
Slips away like always, and
we eat pho instead

May 1 - There's So Much Running Around In This Land

My big plans for work
Just don't quite come together
Neck-deep in small chores

April 30 - Sure It's A Year And A Half Away, But There's A Lot Of Organizing To Do

It's caught me off guard
All this Chow reunion work
Hotels, halls, emails