Quepos, Costa Rica

I'm looking out the window of the Sansa flight from San Jose to Quepos. It's a tiny airplane three rows of three seats. Two pilots in the front. The landscape is more mountainous than I imaged. I take some pictures of the ground below including the plane wing and wheels that look similar to the...

Costa Rica here I come..

I haven't been writing much because I've been absorbed with planning my trip to Costa Rica. I'll be leaving May 14th for 21 days. Carol, a dear friend of mine who was also a jockey, has been inviting me to join her at her vacation home in Costa Rica for years. You know that thing...

Don Messer

On March 21st my long time friend Monique came to visit me from Toronto, and of course I had to take her on a road trip. It was no coincidence that our first stop was in the village of Harvey to see The Big Fiddle. To play tribute to Canadian Music Hall Of Famer Don...

Hank Snow- Museum

Liverpool Nova Scotia I have stopped at the Hank Snow Museum three times. It was closed all three of my visits. I stopped in back in 2012, I was taking a fitness course in Liverpool unfortunately It was off season and it was closed. My second time was in 2020 right after the COVID rules...

Anne Murray Center.

Springhill , Nova Scotia "Beneath this snowy mantle, cold and cleanThe unborn grass lies waitingFor its coat to turn to greenThe snowbird sings the song he always singsAnd speaks to me of flowersThat will bloom again in spring..." - Snow Bird written by Gene MacLellan. Performed by Anne Murray Ah this song takes me back:...