Monthly Archives: December 2017

  “It is not half so important to know as to feel.”–Rachel Carson, The Sense of Wonder

“(with up so floating many bells down)” “they sowed their isn’t they reaped their same” “children guessed (but only a few and down they forgot as up they grew” “(and only the snow can begin to explain how children are … Continue reading →

I was five-years-old. We were living a year with my father’s mother in a big old house on Thompson Drive, then in the outskirts of St. James with only Kirkfield Park west of us. My grandmother always had men rooming … Continue reading →

Every year at this time I break out my favorite Christmas CD–the diamond anniversary editions of Holiday Inn and White Christmas with songs by the great Irving Berlin. Warm memories of watching those movies annually with my parents on the … Continue reading →

Del’s last Christmas was in 1997. He had been diagnosed with cancer in September that year and the cancer and treatments had started to obviously ‘waste’ him, something I became aware of when I was in Winnipeg that November. I … Continue reading →

with the woman who has a kitchen disaster is absolutely hilarious and true. A case of Truth in Advertising. As she’s lying, humiliated and crushed on the floor, the big family dog comes over to lick her face and help … Continue reading →

(the two top must-see Xmas message-movies of all-time; great Truths in both) “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 … Continue reading →

is 3-4 x better as an NHL color commentator than Drew Remenda. The Oilers or Rogers (whoever pays his salary) should fire him and replace him with Cassie. She is straightforward, accurate, insightful, and not a smarmy showboat or full … Continue reading →

“In the midst of winter, I found there was within me, an invincible summer.”

Legalizing pot and throwing current and future generations of youth to the wolves in order to fatten government coffers. No other reason. As stated before here, not only will the 18+ youth category become endangered and dangerous (to others), but … Continue reading →