A young couple moves into a new neighborhood. The next morning, while they are eating breakfast, the young woman sees her neighbor hang the wash outside. That laundry is not very clean, she said, she doesn’t know how to wash correctly. Perhaps she needs better laundry soap or a newer washing machine… Her husband looked … Continue reading
Hey, have any of you heard something or other about some miners getting stuck, or rescued or something? I just caught it quickly out of the corner of my eye, briefly on some news channel – but just that once, and I haven’t heard a thing about it since, not on any television channels or … Continue reading
Well, admittedly the last few days have been relatively heavy lifting on ye old blog…. I suppose it’s a hazard and we’re all a victim of the circumstance. Rest assured, I meant you no harm. As a sort of palate cleanser today will be light, frothy and as gentle as a puppy in a velvet … Continue reading
So it’s late and only now have the flames begun to die down from the scorched earth that is everything I see outside my window. It’s never easy being forced to watch another human being burst into flames, it’s sad, scary and yet oddly captivating – no two people burn in quite the same way. … Continue reading
Sometimes people say that everyone is different and special. You may think that you are, but you probably don’t think that everyone else is. In fact, there’s probably many people you think are below you on any number of levels. You might be special, but the problem is it only matters if others think that … Continue reading
Today – July 2nd, is the exact midpoint of a common year in the Gregorian Calendar. This is because there are 182 days before and 182 days after in common years, and 183 before and 182 after in leap years. I’ve decided this will be a VERY important day within the lore and craft of … Continue reading
You know, one of the things that I most fear as a result of all this medical drama is the “resetting” of my physical sea level. Allow me to explain. I’ve never been someone you’d expect to see competing in triathlons but I’ve always been pretty active or occupied or engaged in someway, I’ve always … Continue reading
My hometown, Hamilton…. Steeltown – although I will always carry the fond memories only childhood can create – I remember it being significantly more grimy than Vancouver. Thousands upon thousands of hard-working men headed into Stelco & Dofasco each day… to make steel. The very material on which much of society is built, from cars … Continue reading
Here’s one of the ways I know I’m getting old. Sentimentality. A completely new concept, never believed in it, never spent a moment catering to it… As I age and my rich, vibrant, magical man-dust gently blows away and I totter towards full-fledged geezerdom – I am, affected by things. Commercials, books, TV Shows, Movies, … Continue reading
All kids act up at times, especially if their basic needs have not been met. Like adults, kids need to be well-rested, well-fed and have a balance of structured and unstructured activity in order to be at their best. Although most every child can be oppositional at times, if behaviors like talking back, arguing, defying … Continue reading
