A lyrical holiday
“He’s making a list. Chicken and Rice. Gonna find out who’s hiding his mice.” Or so I’ve heard it sung in my living room, many years ago by one of our offspring. Our children’s versions of holiday songs (well, any song for that matter, when they were young) made LOML and I wonder if they […]
The first draft
As the General Services Administrator has now certified Joe Biden’s win over Donald Trump, the transition of the presidency has finally begun to roll. And that means planning for inauguration day on January 20 is top priority. With that in mind, the Biden team has started to work on his inauguration speech. The Times has […]
Hack for the holidays
Last week I promised a few household hacks. Here are some of my favourites. I’m just kidding. I don’t have any favourite hacks, except to remember to have enough coffee beans on hand for my morning cup-o-joe. This, of course, isn’t really a hack. It’s just a safety precaution. So, here’s hack number one. Put […]
The Drama of Fundraising
County council has approved a $2.7 million project to renovate and expand the Picton branch Library—but getting there was not without its drama. The Library—a County-owned building operated by a not for profit corporation of which council appoints the directors—had last been before Council in September, 2019. That meeting did not go well for the […]
Sweet Baby Suet
I am overwhelmed, and frustrated, by this pandemic and our utter failure to see the peril looming on our Holiday Horizon if we don’t smarten up, fast. It seems we’ve come down to thinking, “What if we just go ahead and have a little, bitty get together. You know what I mean, just an afternoon […]
The Desperate Measures Fund
Frustrated with its lack of success in seeing conventional methods eradicate COVID-19, the Liberal government of Justin Trudeau is said to be eyeing new funding, to the tune of $50 million, for alternative approaches to the neutralization of the coronavirus. Known among insiders as the “Desperate Measures Fund (DMF), it will make funds available to […]
The Peppermint Schtick
Before we’ve even reached the halfway mark in the month of November some folks are going on about the “Christmas” versus “Holidays” malarkey. Come on. No one, not even the P.C. Cops, is telling you the use of the word “Christmas” is against the law. Oy vey! Is this really about political correctness or are […]
The Long Wait
Gee willikers, that was the longest five days I have ever experienced. From Tuesday evening until Saturday mid-day, from the time the polls closed until the media called the race as won by Joe Biden, the wait was excruciating. After I concluded on Tuesday at just before midnight that nothing was going to be decided […]
Stop, what’s that sound?
Stop. What’s that sound?” A massive, collective sigh of relief? Does peacefulness have a sound? I don’t think in all of my years I’ve ever been so distraught and focused with regard to politics, especially the politics of the United States of America. I know what happens to our southern neighbours has an impact on […]
Imagining the Cube
If I hadn’t already made my fortune as a weekly columnist with the Wellington Times, I would like to have made it as an inventor. But not just any inventor. No improved industrial sludge separators or high efficiency potato peelers for me. I would prefer to have invented a toy. But not just any toy. […]