Hospice hiking
One day you wake up and realize you’re the same age as your parents were when you thought they were old. Yep, it happens. It just happened to me. I distinctly remember sitting at my parents’ kitchen table, in Toronto, and thinking, “My parents are old. They’ve moved to this smaller house because they’re too […]
Boiler plate
There are not enough places to live. It seems like a ludicrous problem in the County, where the population is a mere 25,000 on roughly the same amount of land as Toronto. Even when farm, commercial and industrial land is taken into account, there really should be enough room. And yet, when council decided to […]
Impostor syndrome
There is an affliction in our society that is probably easily fixed by Building Self Esteem and Sucking It Up. It’s called Impostor Syndrome, and it strikes in the hearts of people who are given responsibility or trust they have earned but somehow feel is undeserved. It’s a delusion. One that is harmful to the […]
Simmering unrest
Some time back, I wrote about the biggest civil revolt that took place in the 20th century in France. And no, I am not making reference to the demonstrations that captivated the world’s attention in May 1968, when students in Paris somehow lost that San Francisco summer of love feeling and protested against anything and […]
While you still can
I couldn’t figure it out at first. Let’s just say I wasn’t paying close attention; it’s better than saying I was slow on the uptake. The 30-second television commercial featured a man—who could have been the Most Interesting Man in the Word if it were a beer commercial—apparently driving a sporty red 2017 Lexus IS […]
May day!
What? The Times has a new owner? I’m not sure if I saw that coming. I miss all the good stuff. Heck, I wasn’t even sure I’d heard it correctly when I spoke with old Rick What’s-his-name prior to the changeover. Don’t get me wrong, I understand their reason (Rick’s and Kathleen’s) for the stepping […]
The other playoff picture
Of course I realize that you are most concerned about the Stanley Cup playoffs. There is, however, another set of playoffs that are of great concern to many Torontonians. Now that the Leafs have exited the playoff picture, you may now focus on the Toronto basketball team. The Toronto Raptors have begun their playoff round […]
High density advice
I read last week’s announcement from WestJet Airlines that it is going to operate a new “ultra-low-cost carrier” late this year with a certain amount of puzzlement. The company plans to acquire 10 new Boeing planes that will be configured to WestJet’s specifications as “high-density.” But how can seating possibly get even denser than the […]
Argey-bargey
I’m back. I am. I’m dealing with a bit of culture shock. Believe it or not, the traffic is the first thing that launched us back into the reality of being back in Canada. The roadways in Ontario are so much more civilized than in London. We arrived during rush hour and navigated from the […]
The Poet
I didn’t know Hamish Grieve, didn’t even know his name until this week. To me, he was just The Poet. When I moved to Belleville from the city, before I had even heard about Prince Edward County, I was wary of living in a small place, one city dwellers had warned me was devoid of […]