Monthly Archives: December 2014

We are all held together by wires or Wi-Fi. The props that hold us up can only be glimpsed in a certain slant of light. We are really coming apart all the time, even as we laugh and profess a strength. … Continue reading →

“He who loses his life shall find it.” -quoted by Joseph Campbell Two of the most inspiring Christmas movies ever are the Alistair Sim version of Charles Dickens’ A Christmas Carol, and Frank Capra’s movie It’s a Wonderful Life. They … Continue reading →

Takin’ care of business. Feeding the squirrel and birds.

Doing his fair share.

Daddy on left, Mommy on right.

Napping on cot with animal pals.  

Karrueche Tran bares midriff in string bikini as Chris Brown tries to win her back Oilers snap 11-game winless skid Russell Crowe has some fun during lonely NL stopover Marian Engel’s Bear, reviewed: The best Canadian novel of all time … Continue reading →

He slid down the Sunday hill, below his house in Vermont. In a distant church an organ proclaimed it was Christmas. The boy walked on with his sled, blown by the wind. The pews were half-full as the choir entered … Continue reading →

Now there’s something I can support, gladly. That young people are active and doing things to help themselves and others. (Not like couch potatoes and terminal screeners.) Long live youthful idealism and activism. Purpose, meaning, a good cause, and doing for others. A … Continue reading →

The world, that is. Life experience, fairly often. Many people. As Johnny Clegg put it, “It’s a cruel, crazy, beautiful world.” Hard to dispute as we still await the arrival of The Big One from outer space or some moron … Continue reading →