The golden period
I planned to read the 2017 authorized biography of Gordon Lightfoot just as soon as I could lay my hands on a copy. So when I stumbled across Lightfoot, by Nicholas Jennings, on the library shelf the other day, I grabbed it and devoured it in one sitting. Lightfoot, as non-fans are no doubt tired […]
X marks the spot
Darn it all, anyway. As if I didn’t have enough stuff to keep my little brain whirling around, now I have to get serious about who gets my “X” on election day. Personally, I am tired of all the mudslinging, the horse-pucky and senseless banter going on in the media right now. Every time we […]
Some lucky people
There were some lucky people who shared an experience last Friday night. (The whole County shared the experience of the windstorm, so I’m not talking about that.) I’m talking about the group of people who, over the course of a two-hour period, got to deliver and hear short presentations from local writers; ranging from the […]
Mother’s Day
Mother’s Day. It’s next Sunday. I don’t get too excited about Mother’s Day, for myself. I think I’ve done the job I set out to do and I probably couldn’t have done it alone. No, wait a second, I know I couldn’t have managed being a mother without a lot of help from LOML, my […]
Hopeful discovery
People who know me know I don’t know squirrels. I make up most of the facts I have about them. Like this one—squirrels don’t remember where they bury food. They spend April wandering around, discovering places that feel like somewhere they’d dig a stash. Sometimes they get lucky. Spring is marked by hopeful discovery. There […]
A sobering controversy
A controversy is fermenting right here in the County. And it is a sobering reminder that you can’t please everybody. County staff are reviewing a proposal from a group of like minded residents that the County dip into its reserves budget and fund the erection of a statue memorializing Letitia Youmans. The proposed location for […]
I feel the burn
The answer to your question is, “Yes”. Yes, I still go to the gym. I go because I like working-out. I go because I like feeling strong. I go because I like the challenges I set for myself. I go because it’s part of my quest to be healthier than I am, right this very […]
The lessons of a ditch
I signed up to take on a section of the Millennium Trail for the past weekend for a trash bash in honour of Earth Day. The objective was to gather a crew and together we’d pitch in to clean up what I like to refer to as our 50-kilometre linear park. Our assigned section was […]
Rise up signing (badly)
It’s been a singing week. Last Tuesday, I attended a concert given by a couple who have over two thousand songs to their names; including Some Enchanted Eveniing and I’m So Lonesome I Could Cry, Four Strong Winds and Circle Game. Now technically, you may have a point when you assert that you thought these […]
Earthly delights
Did you get in touch with your earthly self on Earth Day? My plan for Sunday was to pick up garbage along the street we live on. As it turned out, a whole lot of garbage, from the street, had blown into our yard. In less than two hours, LOML and I filled four large […]