And then what?
And then what? I have so much to say about last week’s Pride@St. Greg’s. So many things. First of all, you and I know the world is rife with people who think the way Robert Chisholm thinks. For the most part, we won’t be able to change their minds no matter what we say or […]
Thoughts from away
txMy wife and I have just spent a few days in the Niagara region, followed by a trip to Ottawa to visit family. Both visits made me think about Wellington. On our first trip, we visited Niagara Falls and Niagara on the Lake, just as most tourists do. Niagara Falls was duly impressive. The lilacs […]
Pride
Sunday, June 16. This morning, to paraphrase my friend Sandy, I got ready to go to church. I did. I wore the most colourful outfit I could find in my closet and I went to church. I didn’t go to a church service, but I did celebrate, outside of the church, with hundreds of people […]
Making lemonade with naked signposts
You know the old expression that goes ‘when you are handed lemons, you make lemonade’? I was reminded of it when considering the current state of the signposts at our beloved Wellington beach. When a whole string of ‘No Parking’ signs went up at the beach about a month ago, the derision was instantaneous and […]
Paying the piper
We’re home. The first order of business was to empty the suitcases, do the travel laundry, grocery shop and remember there’s a couple of new traffic signs on our street. Oops! On top of the sort, store, stop ‘n’ go, jet lag and re-entry issues, my family doctor ordered some diagnostic tests at BGH. So, […]
Fleur d’horloge
The magic in the everyday is something that personally fuels the spirit. I find, though, that ya gotta be open to it, and I admit that many times with my head being elsewhere I miss out. I like to believe that I work at it though; eyes wide open to the smallest of things that […]
Of cappuccinos and cinnamon buns
I am now making good on my threat to return to the subject of obituaries. Given the death rate as compared to available editorial space, few of us can expect to be the beneficiary of an obituary written by the paper’s editorial staff: we’ll have to settle for the self-funded, family-written death notice. So let’s […]
Ah, London
It’s our last Sunday here. It’s going to be interesting heading back to Picton, leaving a big city in the UK for a small community in Ontario. But I do miss the peace and quiet of the County. I miss my pillow. I miss going to the gym. I miss my friends and the Canadian […]
The macaw and the African elephant
In a recent announcement that excited only other scientists, researchers say they have discovered Bald Cypress trees in a North Carolina swamp that are over 2,500 years old—which is about a thousand years older than any previously known trees in the region. With core samples taken from the trees, climate historians can examine annual growth […]
Sunday best behaviour
I’m still away! And if you know me, and some of you really do, you know how much I love museums. My love affair with museums began with my first visit to the ROM in Toronto in the 1950s, and the fire was stoked with a visit to the Dalziel Barn when I was in […]