YEAR END MESSAGE 2020 – I’M STILL IN THE HUNT
Another eventful year passes and I am still kicking. It seemed that the last twelve months took a long time. One sure-fire way of slowing the acceleration of time, in your old age, is to go into isolation for a…
CAN BS BE STACKED ANY HIGHER THAN 6 FEET?
Another milestone in literary drivel is fast approaching and as it nears, its seems more unbelievable. What I thought was a failing mind, and what I was encouraged by others to believe was (a slipping clutch) cannot have been all…
THE GREAT INFERNO AS REMEMBERED FROM A FOUR YEAR OLD’s MIND – 1950’s
As I lay here flipping thru the worn and wrinkled pages of my mind, I am struck by the fact that I can still pull out memories that are now reaching 67 years old. When I say that out loud,…
RAMBLINGS OF THE MIND – RECOLLECTIONS OF MY PARENTS
Now is the time to drift back a bit, and grasp onto a few of the fleeting reminders of my parents. A while back, I wrote a piece about how they came to live in Canada, where they met and…
OUR CHRISTMAS TREE AND THE TREE FAIRY – 2020
I just could not resist a last picture of our Christmas tree for the year 2020. This photo is of the piece we left behind after the trimming was done and after we had selected the perfect part for our…
KAPOWWW! THE SOUND OF BUSTED SPARE RIBS – PERU 1978
The other day when I spoke of my damaged arm, compliments of my attempt to revive a skating career, I was reminded by Ange, in a comment, that this was not the only time I had worked in a less…
OK IT’S DONE WHAT’S THE BIG DEAL – CHRISTMAS 2020
OK, the tree is up and decorated. I do not understand what the big deal was? After hacking this behemoth out of the forest; I then unloaded, unpacked and applied decoration to this monster, with the minimum of issues. Even…
HERE I SIT TONIGHT – STEAMED AND ABOUT TO BLOW A “FUSE”
Today, just three mere weeks from another long anticipated Christmas, I sit in the middle of the living room with a tree in place. You think this should be a happy time right? Well, think again. This cursed box of…
A FAMILY LEAPS INTO THE UNKNOWN 1994 – CANADA
After 16 years of travel around the world in the pursuit of work and adventure. The time had come to return to Canada and try to re-establish some roots. The decision to make this move came at a time, where…
OUR SHORT TIME IN AMERICA’S CAPITOL IN PHOTOS
We had a relatively brief stay near Washington, DC but used every spare moment seeing the sights and learning about this magic place. The girl’s were stoically silent and accompanied us on all of our excursions. In this post, I…
