The world lost a gem this week. Vern Traill passed away at the age of 92 in Moose Jaw Saskatchewan. He lived a long and very colourful life and I'm sure had no regrets before he slipped away.
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10 pounds of words, in a 5 pound bag!
An Olympian Journey ahead and when does fine, mean fine?
My 45 year love affair with the Green and Gold!
My sister Rose is the crazy one now........she is the CFL's most engaged fan. Knows all the teams, all the players, all the coaches, all the game plans, all the stadiums, you name it, she's into it.
War…….What is it good for?
If you've gotten this far and are thinking, "DK, kind of a bummer this edition", you should know that it was not just Remembrance Day that got me thinking about all this.......
The Story of GORD FM
As a radio programmer, I go through periods of confidence and insecurity. This week, I had lots of the former and a bit of the latter.
I was once near death……I think
The realization and change for me began in the mid 2000's when I discovered quite by accident that my blood pressure was dangerously high. Like 220/120 high.
Empty lake, empty streets, the sun goes down alone. What I did on my summer holidays.
We basically woke up early everyday, had coffee on the dock, ate breakfast, walked in Delta, or went into Westport, back to the dock for a fruity rum punch @noon, kayaked, jumped into the lake, listened to playlists on Spotify, had lunch, napped, played cards, had dinner and went to sleep.
There ain’t no cure for the summertime blues?
Good day from Delta Ontario. We are starting our 7 day stay at a lovely cottage on Lower Beverly Lake. We've already seen turtles and Blue Herons and Blue Jays and hummingbirds. I think it's going to be a nice week. It's hard to think about summer being more than half over already. For some … Continue reading There ain’t no cure for the summertime blues?
How I met your Mother. Happy Anniversary Mrs. DK.
Dawn was at this one party with some friends and I thought she was very pretty.......I mean very pretty!!! (permed hair, 80's designer jeans and all) so, Mr. confidence goes over to chat her up. She tells the story that I walked up and said, 'Hi I'm Danny Kaye from 630 CHED".......said she " I never heard of you or the station". I knew I liked her right off the bat
Don’t talk to strangers! Then how will we meet interesting people?
He was polite and not shy, but did not really expand on any answers to questions I was asking him. "Firstly, I should ask you, do you mind me asking you some questions"? He said "absolutely not, ask away."
