smithers joe

getting re-equainted with the inspiring art work of ariane kramarik. her story, art works and poems are so fantastic.

mine are not so much getting something from but getting to meet and know hockey people. as i've wrote on cdc, as a teen, i got to shag flies at a batting practice of whl canuck's, andy bathgate and larry popien before they got called up to the newyork rangers. bathgate became a hall of famer. as a young man, i got two letters and got to meet and talk to babe pratt. he was canuck's good will ambassador and a hall of famer. i had brief moment and words with david babych at smithers airport. meeting nhl'ers, i became friends with jim and joe watson, from smithers while playing for the flyers. one year, the brought fred shero to smithers. fred coached the flyers and put on a coaches clinic. after the clinic he joined us all for a few beers. even though we went to the same church, i never met dan hamhuis, but knew his parents. when i first moved to smithers, i went into a cafe, the waitress came over, yelled at me and wanted to know what i was doing there? to make the story short, she came back with my order and apologized. she said, i have 2 boys playing for the flyers and i thought you were bernie parent and since it was hockey season, you shouldn't be here. i got to know all the watsons. i met both flockhart brothers but didn't like their attitudes. i coached one boy, drafted by quebec in the 6th round. highly skilled but a real bean pole. he never played.

drink a celery stick. a very stiff drink.

canucks play a pre season game against seattle on my birthday. hope i don't jinx them.

great music. picture, kind of makes you hungry

this picture, reminds me of the cover of a tijuana brass album, whipped cream and other delights.

one of my favourite is burnt almond bars i use to like cuban lunch bars but the last few i had were not flavourful at all.

i love those too.

is it a trumpy taste?

oh hungry, oh henry. sssh, i'm a diabetic, i'm not suppose to intake sugar. waiting for them to invent a diet oh henry.

don't know but i did learn that the cfl legend jackie parker played for3 seasons, early in his career for the b.c. lions.

but one was a back up. who is the back up for the lions?

what will our cap look like if we sign boeser and hughes big contracts? can we fit both in van and still ice a full team?