Something totally different today. A test of memory for all my loyal readers, and those who arrive at this page by accident. (Lucky you.) An investigative challenge for those who enjoy the variety of personalities named in the over 680 posts viewed 103,000 times by over 64,000 visitors. This year, 2025, the volume of traffic... Continue Reading →
Taurus and Jeff โ An encampment love story
Almost-six-year-old Labradoodle, Juno, is a famed dog blogger. Follow her here for her thoughts on dog park politics and canine pedigree. I was one of eight or so members of a litter of Labradoodles born at a Kamloops area breeder almost six years ago now. MaPaw and PaPaw came up shortly after we were born... Continue Reading →
Toy story, by Juno
Noted dog-blogger Juno lives with the MaPaw and PaPaw in Summerland in the BC interior from where she publishes an extensive set of dog blogs dealing with, well, dogs and other creatures. I love my dog toys. Mapaw buys them for me on special occasions โ Christmas, birthdays, and every time she sees something colourful,... Continue Reading →
Home at last, thanks to BC Ferries
In this, my last holiday blog, I reflect on the place of BC Ferries in my life. Enjoy. And see you next in Active Pass BC Ferryland With apologies to Ferryland, Newfoundland and Labrador. I grew up in ferry-land British Columbia. While Kathie and I visited the Newfoundland site a few years ago, we both... Continue Reading →
The day after the morning after โ โDo loveโ: Wisdom from Anne Lamott
[Reposted from Anne Lamott on Facebook] I said to the kitty as we were getting up this morning, โI wish I had better news for you.โ I didnโt want to get out of bed, but I had to let the dog out. And I turned on the news: Shock and awe again, same old same... Continue Reading →
Fifty years and counting โ Our 1975 high school grad class meets for a reunion
I walked onto the rooftop patio of Victoriaโs Strathcona Hotel to meet almost one hundred members of my high school graduating class. Now fifty years after the actual 1975 graduation ceremony at Victoriaโs Oak Bay High School I wasnโt really thinking about the effects of the passage of time. Temporarily befuddled, a server pointed me... Continue Reading →
On the Beach
[Ken Gray] A favourite of our readers, five-and-a-half-year-old labradoodle, Juno, blogs on politics, art and culture, canine/human connections, and creation. She is supported by her production team PaPaw and MaPaw. To unbelievers, feel free to suspend belief, even for a moment. [Juno] โGod made me fast, very fast, and when I run, I feel his... Continue Reading →
Journeying with Juno — AKA Holiday photo diary 2025
Just days into our 2025 holiday adventure, taking us to Victoria and other up-island destinations, with a brief side trip to Vancouver, the camera is once again out of its bag. In what will likely be the first of a few blogs I am pleased to share some images with you my loyal readers. No... Continue Reading →
Searching for K-9 โ a canine inquiry
Anther dog-blog by Juno, who lives with her humans in Summerland B.C., Canada. This five-and-a-half-year-old Labradoodle is an internationally celebrated dog blogger. Today she turns her attention to the intriguing world of Astro-physics. โItโs not every day that astronomers detect a possible Signature of Life on a distant planet.โ Writing in the New York Times... Continue Reading →
Thereโs a new kid on the block โ The Australian Cobberdog
Another dog blog by Juno. Juno is a popular dog blogger who lives with his Mawpaw and Pawpaw in Summerland in the Interior of Canadaโs westernmost province, British Columbia. I should feel threatened, but I donโt. Thereโs a new dog breed on the block, not another Labradoodle, but supposedly something better, an Australian Cobberdog. Some... Continue Reading →