Memory Lane

Kelowna Farmers Market 2008

Memory lane ~

always populated with 

smiling faces and scenes. 

Opportunity swirled me 

back to my Texas journey; 

onward to my Kelowna years 

at Hazeldell Orchards. 

Feeling Lubbock's hot dry air, 

hearing and seeing tones of a

another land; the warm hearts 

of colleagues in a golden time. 

I could feel the carpeted halls,

step inside the curve of the 

nursing station, as crowded 

and busy as my memories

In Kelowna, air was moist and cool, 

pears and apples were juicy and crisp

at my weekend ‘job’ where 

the hearts were just as warm ~

a time when my nursing work 

was set aside for a few days, 

or a month, to live, laugh and 

work outside while seasons changed.

Memory lane ~

always populated with 

smiling faces and scenes. 

“Nostalgia: A device that removes the ruts and potholes from memory lane.”

~ Doug Larson, columnist & editor

(1926 - 2017)