(posted on former website 12.29.2015)

I've been on the 'down-low' due to cancer treatment recovery,  but was reminded of the joy of skating outside when, on Christmas Day, I could see the neighbourhood outdoor rink full of swirling skating bodies.  I was not on the ice this Christmas, but with my D...

(posted on former website 1.8.2015)

In lieu of Canada winning the World Junior Hockey Championship this past Monday, here is a past hockey ArtWork and Words piece

My past has memories of hockey.  In winter, the ice waited for us.  On Saturday nights, we gathered around the television.  From a ho...

(posted on former website 11.27.2014)

On this "blustery wintery, no school tomorrow because the busses are cancelled" Throwback Thursday night, I thought a hockey picture would be suitable.  I first posted this image, online, in November 2011.  Below some background information for this image, then...

(post on former website 11.13.2014)

I started skating when I was two years old. In the back lot, between the rows of houses, there was a dug out piece of earth that would be filled with water every October. The Winnipeg Winter would arrive and the frozen water would become my rink. 

With this rink ...