Essays by a Seasoned Journalist | Dodi Morrison
Okanagan Reflections brings together several decades of Dodi Morrison's remarkable writing into a single volume, sure to appeal to her many long-time readers, as well as new ones.
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208 pages | paperback | 6 x 9 inches
ISBN 978-0-9868663-0-2 | Price: $20
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"I gaze out on a wonderful stretch of sky, the hills beyond Skaha Lake, and the western mountains. I glory in the ever-changing sky. Today there is sunshine, warm on my chair even in November. The golden leaves of the cottonwoods shimmer against the background of small clouds neatly pasted against the far-away hills. An equally crafted snowy tower hovers behind those same hills. One small touch of the brush streaking across the blue completes the morning cloud cover.
That was the morning scene. By afternoon the cloudlets have rearranged themselves across the hills in the semblance of a child's train; engine and box cars consisting of puffy cotton wool toys.
Sometimes sunset brings a Tony Onley sky; sometimes it resembles a Jill Leir-Salter watercolour. Sometimes a feathery band of cloud dallies across the sky to the western hills, lingering through shades of pink, rose, lilac and eventually gray. Sometimes the cloud hovers, threatening, across the valley. But inevitably it is touched with pink as it fades to dusk."
Dodi Morrison has been one of the Okanagan's most venerated columnists in the popular media for two decades. Her outspoken commentary, which has profiled famous people and covered social and political topics, has appeared in many local and national newspapers and magazines. Dodi was also a regular contributor to the CBC. A former schoolteacher, her fans include writers Sharon Butala, Edith Iglauer and none other than David Suzuki. Her sister is Governor General award winner Heather Spears. She lives in Penticton BC.
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