Monthly Archives: September 2019

All it takes are two spinners to collect the unsuspecting flotsam of long summer nights. Apart in the same yard we cast our respective filaments– some to control, some to set free, some in love, some of death itself. Silver … Continue reading →

Family room after dinner: (left to right) water fountain, Monet poster in fireplace opening, salt lamp b-day gift, older of the 2 boys playing a game on I.T. guy’s phone, younger watching. A poetic moment if ever there was one.

By the skin of its teeth: I was mowing the back yard and he must have been in the right places at the right times dodging the mower and certain death. Aren’t we all tiger moths dodging the mower-like meteorites … Continue reading →

As in the case of the 19-year-old UK boy who went blind eating nothing but processed ham and sausage, white bread, French fries, and Pringle’s chips. But what can one expect when there’s a major lack of parental intervention and … Continue reading →

“How terribly strange to be seventy”–Paul Simon (from S & G’s Bookends album) The boys get in the act as usual.

Can Man Dan, the local poverty activist who organized his 7th and another much-needed back-to-school giveaway event here in Edmonton. His work is much appreciated by the many families who need help with everything from school supplies to backpacks to … Continue reading →

The usual classical concert of Symphony under the Sky did not disappoint. A sublime doubleheader with Dvorak’s Symphony No. 9 in E minor, Op. 95 “From the New World” launching things. Then Brahms’ excellent Violin Concerto in D Major, Op. … Continue reading →