Transcendent Night
Some North American tribes called the full moon of February the Hunger Moon or the Storm Moon. By midwinter the stash of supplies were low and game scarce. I think about all of that tonight. It’s late, past midnight I figure and I find the moon to be calming as it lights up the trail […]
500 million light years away
Researchers based in Vancouver have generated quite a buzz with a paper describing their observation of something called Fast Radio Bursts. Fast Radio Bursts are sudden pulses of radio waves that come from outside our galaxy and last only a fraction of a second. Using a telescope introduced in 2018, the scientists have recorded some […]
Heart of my heart
In the blink of an eye you find yourself asking Google about the shortness of breath you experienced when you were in the grocery store this morning. It has never happened before. Well, it happened a few times before, but it never stopped you in your tracks. It happened before before, but it never made […]
Restless moon
Two poplar trees, each a car width in diameter, stand along the shore of Lake Ontario, near Lake on the Mountain. The trees rule the surroundings as wise and stalwart guardians. It is estimated that the giants were already a half century old on the eve of the Loyalist landings. At a bend in the […]
A Word for Gordon Sondland
I feel sorry for Gordon Sondland. Sort of. Mr. Sondland donated a million bucks to Donald Trump’s inaugural committee and was rewarded with the ambassadorship to the European Economic Union. Little did he know at the time that he was to be called upon as the point man in Mr. Trump’s scheme to squeeze the […]
Hearts, Redux
It could hardly be the month of February without thinking of love, loved ones and hearts. Since 2004, hearts have been on my mind. Big old internal organ “hearts” not the Shoebox greeting card hearts on the shelves of the local drug store. As you may remember, I wrote about my father undergoing open heart […]
Impeachment grade broccoli
The late George H.W. Bush put his foot down at broccoli. “I do not like broccoli,” he said. “And I haven’t liked it since I was a little kid and my mother made me eat it. And I’m president of the United States, and I’m not going to eat any more broccoli!” President Bush would […]
Can we talk?
January has been here and now it’s over and done. It rolled by so quickly, I missed having a word or two about mental health. I don’t believe mental health has a specific time, but what do I know? The thing is, like a lot of all y’all, I’m a bit concerned about the language […]
The missing candidates
So Andrew Scheer saw the writing on the wall and stepped down as Conservative leader. And so far, eight people—including party co-founder Peter MacKay and last time’s third place finisher Erin O’Toole—have applied to replace him. The other six declared candidates are Aron Seal, a former director of policy for two cabinet ministers; Rick Peterson, […]
Untitled
Call me irreverent, but I’m not comfortable addressing anyone by a title. I’m not into “Sir” or “Your Honour” or any of the royal titles rolling around these days. I never was. I likely never will be. And, if you know me, and one or two of you do, you know I won’t be taking […]