President’s message (February 2021)
I am feeling housebound. I feel like I need to drive to the outyards near China Beach and make sure they are still there. Y’know, just in case bears have knocked all …
President’s message (January 2021)
Christmas Day and Boxing Day were highlighted by Zoom calls with the extended family. New Years Eve reached midnight with friends on a Zoom call and my meetings with other board …
President’s message (November 2020)
I have started this update several times and each time found that I had to wait. I had to wait for another U.S. state report on the votes counted. It seemed …
President’s message (October 2020)
Brad, my bee buddy and I, are batting 50/50 at the moment and we are still only in the first few weeks of fall. When the hives came back from the …
President’s message (September 2020)
Suddenly every conversation I have sounds like one I am having with my dentist as he probes my mouth and blythely asks “how’s life?”. Now, that would be the “old world” …
President’s message (August 2020)
Nine catches is considered a juggle. If you can toss three balls three times and catch them then consider yourself a juggler. Between building frames and checking for capped honey, …
President’s message (July 2020)
Four Canadian flags with hearts on them are taped to the living room window; a reminder that we may have limited the spread of COVID but still have to be …
President’s message (June 2020)
In a world that seems to be ripping apart at the seams with change; grappling with a virus that continues unabated in some locales and protesting marchers occupying parks and …
President’s message (May 2020)
With life on “pause” I feel like these past weeks have been lifted from the movie Groundhog Day and I have been forced to examine my habits and do all …
President’s message (April 2020)
Bee Kind. Bee Calm. Bee safe. * There is a Canadian flag with a heart instead of a maple leaf taped to the living room window and the apple tree …