Rant of a (Former) Soccer Nut
I’ll admit right at the outset that I was born and raised a soccer nut. And that I have been a beneficiary of the enhanced television coverage of European soccer for the past ten years or so. So I shocked myself the other day when I stood up and announced “this is ridiculous” at the […]
My first and next favourite season
It must be July. LOML and I are sitting in the front room, watching Le Tour, drinking dark roast coffees. Some would say it’s a terrible waste of time, watching a sporting event when a beautiful summer day beckons. I say, “tradition” and “why the HE double hockey sticks” not. Why wouldn’t a person sit […]
Musical memory moments
A few months ago, CBC Radio ran a piece about a project some Belleville public school students had done for their music class. They had interviewed people to ask for their most vivid musical memories, and made a podcast with the results. The interesting thing was that everybody who was interviewed came up with something. […]
Do you hear that ticking?
At my age I can’t help but do the “countdown”. I don’t want to, but if I’ve got too much idle time in my life, I think about how much time until the planet becomes uninhabitable. I bet you thought I was talking about how long until I kick the bucket. Well, in a weird […]
A Plurality of Cynics?
I’m taking aim at a couple of politicians this week who are already big targets: Doug Ford and Justin Trudeau. However, I’m not objecting to their decisions as such; I’m objecting to their cynicism. Let’s start off with Doug Ford. Mr. Ford’s Conservatives won 40.5 per cent of the popular vote in the June, 2018 […]
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, […]