Hiking for Hospice
This year I’m Hiking for Hospice. It was my hope to Hike one hundred kilometres by the 26th of June. At this point I have covered just over one hundred and fifty of those one hundred kilometres. Most of my Hospice Hiking happens on the Millennium Trail. In addition to the Trail, I’ve clocked a […]
Pie in the Sky?
It didn’t take long for Andrea Horvath and Steven Del Duca to read the writing on the wall. Both announced their resignations on election night. After four chances, Ms. Horvath’s NDP had not been able to convince Ontarians that it could form a government and ended up with fewer seats than it had going into […]
To Touch or Not To Touch
After extensive research, well, perhaps five minutes, I have learned that the success rate of teams that follow the superstition is 50 per cent. The superstition is that when you win any trophy other than the Stanley Cup, you smile and say thank you, but you don’t touch the cup! The Colorado Avalanche players consulted […]
Teacup, saucer and spoon
Who would have thought that the Queen could top the 2012 drop-in visit of Daniel Craig (James Bond) to Buckingham Palace as a part of the opening ceremonies for the 2012 London Olympics? Well, top it she has done, with a platinum jubilee concert visit from Paddington Bear, during which she pulls a marmalade sandwich […]
Ah, June!
It’s June! It’s Pride Month. June the 4th was the 100th day of the War in Ukraine. June is the month to celebrate Fathers. June used to be THE month to get married. June is the month when students of all ages gaze longingly out of the classroom windows thinking the last day of classes […]
Tennis anyone?
We tennis buffs do not mind getting up early for the games across the pond. They are into the latter stages of the French Open in Paris, at the Roland-Garros Stadium. There is a six-hour time difference affecting the situation. The clocks around the stadium indicate it’s a little after noon, whereas here in Canada, […]
And Then, Redux
As parents (and grandparents), LOML and I watched in horror as the story of yet another mass shooting took place, most recently in Uvalde, Texas USA. We can’t even imagine how a parent or caregiver would deal with the loss of a child, or adult, under any circumstances, but a mass shooting in a school? […]
What’s on your plate?
A North American grocery retailer generated approximately 53.17 billion Canadian dollars in revenue in 2021. Most of us have groceryshopped there or at one of their other holdings or iterations. And most Canadian communities are host to one of their companies. And, here we are, blaming the Pandemic and the war in Ukraine on escalating […]
Round two
For many of you, the party’s over. After seven games, your team was eliminated. I understand that, but there is still plenty of hockey to be played. There are eight teams remaining, and, in order to hoist Lord Stanley’s mug, the team must win 12 games. The Tampa Bay Lightning will play the next series […]
No, I don’t want a cat
April! It’s almost done. By Saturday we’ll be staring May in the kisser. The April Showers arrived and encouraged the irises and lilies to poke through the ground. Our yard birds are twitter-pated and LOML and I making plans to spend a bit more time out-of-doors. We are tired of the home improvement shows and […]