By Marilyn McAllister
Being retired ‘n all, I really didn’t think the virus was going to have much of an impact on my life…
Unspoken Gratitudes
By Dorothy Rolin
A time for reflection, a time for forgiveness, a time for compassion, in this unprecedented time…
View from My Office
By Violet Isaac
Sicamous, BC
Oil on cradled wood
To What End?
By Ineke Hughes
Life’s a bitch and then you die. Death’s a bastard when you haven’t lived. Which camp do you fall into?
A Letter to My Daughter
By Joanne Taylor
You are a rainbow brought by sunshine in a prism. You are pure joy to me and to everyone…
Outside
By Helen Dantas
There are no bombs
But there is silence…
Venus Catharsis
By Debra Turner
Walking out at twilight
to gaze upon the shimmering Shuswap…
Tulip
A Song by Diana Robinson
Feel like a tulip, alone in the garden?
You give life your all, yet your petals will fall…
The Illusion I See Through My Own Eyes
By Eiko Emily Uehara
Poetry with Acrylic Painting
If I see northern lights in the sky reflecting on the surface of the water…
The Perception of the Transformation of the Time
By Eiko Emily Uehara
Poetry with Acrylic Painting
We all have twenty-four hours a day…
The Second Wave
Haiku
By Marilyn McAllister
Blind Bay, BC
Déjà Vu
Vignette by Marilyn McAllister
Curious, the memories were always there, never changing. But somehow, with the appearance of ‘covid 19’…
Soggy Wedding Day during Pandemic
By Rosleyn Phare
The tears streamed down her face. Why is it raining today of all days??? Vicki had been planning…
Tower Tales
By Jim Hall
Fiery crashes, near misses, stunts, mishaps and even encounters with strange lights in the sky…
The Boy on the Wall
By Stephen Taylor
Young Artemis played and danced across the crumbling wall. His mother would always tell him…
Knives
Stephen Taylor
These men seemed to be chatting amongst themselves quite urgently. Catching the eye of one…
Lessons from My Garden
By Kay McCracken
Birds don’t normally visit my porch garden, because they know I have a cat. Katie is actually a princess angel…
No One is Safe
By Barclay Alldred
It was only a short time since we had all been placed in “lock down”, since stores and malls had closed…
The Health of the Herd
By Barclay Alldred
This pandemic has reminded me of a quote of Ginger Kathrens, a documentary filmmaker…
Would We be Missed?
By Barclay Alldred
The familiar trail is comforting. This piece of picturesque British Columbia forest adjoins…