by Annette | Sep 9, 2019 | Annette's Blog
Souad Mekhennet’s ‘I Was Told to Come Alone(My journey Behind the Lines of Jihad)’ is a must-read for anyone asking what drives young men and women to become radicalized and willing to give up their lives for a cause they believe is good. Mekhennet is a German...
by Annette | Mar 28, 2019 | Annette's Blog
Winter ravaged the wood this year. It knocked down many beetle-kill pines and spindly aspens on our acreage. Michael spent hours cutting up logs from blowdown trees for firewood. I spend my days sitting by the cabin window writing. I watch the ice on the frozen lake...
by Annette | Feb 18, 2018 | Annette's Blog
Winter 2018: The Cabin as Sanctuary It was 28 below when Michael and I reached Meadow Lake Road, between Clinton & Hundred Mile House only to discover that the road was not yet ploughed. Night had already fallen and driving 40 k through a foot and a half of fresh...
by Annette | Oct 18, 2017 | Annette's Blog
Visiting Las Vegas in the Aftermath When I heard about the mass shooting in Las Vegas, I thought of 9/11 and I felt the same sick feeling in the pit of my stomach. I was at the gym at the time and noticed that a friend of mine hadn’t greeted me with her usual chirpy...
by Annette | Sep 29, 2017 | Annette's Blog
Nightmare at Meadow Lake The first bat flew above our heads as we lay in bed reading in our cabin at Meadow Lake. It was ten at night and I immediately yelped and hid under the sheets. My husband, Michael, bolted up and ran to the lakeside door of the cabin and then...
by Annette | Jul 29, 2017 | Annette's Blog
Sometimes life offers you a challenge — a six-day backpacking trip to the South Chilcotin. Sure, you know it will be a struggle as Michael, my backpacking husband, and 3 friends, Ken Williams and Sue & Keith Akenhead are younger and stronger than me. I’m five-foot...
