Earlier this year I learned that the cost of doing my book business through the American publisher Atmosphere Press was becoming prohibitive. As well, I am disappointed in the way the current American President is treating Canada after so many… Read More »End of an Era
Let’s just cut right to the chase: you don’t get breakfast at an AirB&B or a VRBO . You don’t get ingredients; you don’t always even get coffee to put into the random old machine they left there for you… Read More »Why B&B’s Are Awesome… REASON #1: BREAKFAST
From Wikipedia: “Bed and breakfast (typically shortened to B&B or BnB) is a small lodging establishment that offers overnight accommodation and breakfast. Bed and breakfasts are often private family homes and typically have between four and eleven rooms, with six… Read More »B&B vs. Air B&B: Do you know the difference?
I was chatting with my dad recently and he was telling me about a big dump of snow that hit Edmonton that day, it was very early spring so it’s not horribly uncommon but still annoying. A couple of days… Read More »Dramatic Mother Nature Visits the Lodge
I just recently read and reviewed a book by Patrice La Vigne, who wrote a book that I just loved reading, Between Each Step: A Married Couple’s Thru Hike on New Zealand’s Te Araroa. I loved it because Patrice relayed… Read More »Dichotomous Learnings from Back-Country Trips
Happy Canada Day! once again, where we celebrate our founders, our country, our democratic and physical freedoms, cheap education & healthcare and, of course, our fabulous wine & beer! But what’s the difference in being Canadian versus being anyone else?… Read More »Canada Day: Take Back our Flag!
I think that the most powerful tool in running a B&B, or any business for that matter, is the ability to solve problems. But it goes farther than that, it’s the WANTING to solve problems. Problems are everywhere in life… Read More »To Fix Or Not To Fix – Is Good Enough OK?
I’ve been doing a few signings and visiting in Edmonton so although I’ve neglected to post, I hope I’ve put together a good one for you here! So here’s the question that just begs to be asked right now; WTF… Read More »To Travel or Not to Travel….
Last year at this time it was the beginning of the “Heat Dome”, which would create havoc all over our continent for the following many months. Here, in the Okanagan (or “Smokanagan” as it’s come to be called) the temperatures… Read More »Weathering the weather…
So here it is, the FIRST giveaway I’m trying from my own website… I hope you’ll visit my site, have a look around and enter the contest! I can’t quite believe my own “techiness” (spellcheck didn’t react to that at… Read More »CONTEST!