Monthly Archives: March 2023

SkyeBunny as Julius Caesar on the Ides of March (credit: Heather Davies)

Winnipeg Blue Bombers and CFL coaching legend I grew up watching in the 1950s. Brought 4 Grey Cups back to Winnipeg. A high-water mark in sports history for Winnipeg.

5 years (grades 4-9) I spent delivering The Winnipeg Tribune in all kinds of weather year-round 6 days a week. Sometimes in -35 F windy blizzards and torrential summer downpours. 2 streets, 3 long blocks each and onto the prairie … Continue reading →

‘the accidents of birth’, home environment in young years, and heredity. It’s only later, when consciousness and reflection emerge that one often thinks how one’s life might have been better or (much) worse. By ‘accidents of birth’, I’m referring to … Continue reading →

you have to become even more realistic that each day could be your last or last good one. This necessitates making sure your estate affairs are in order, that you are engaged in several meaningful projects (especially involving family), and … Continue reading →

Acclaimed for his performance in Canadian director Norman Jewison’s classic 1971 film, Israel’s Topol repeated his role as Tevye 3,500 times between 1967 and 2009! (Oddly, the film’s Jewish financial backers were surprised when Jewison told them he wasn’t a … Continue reading →

Back in the 1960s, psychologists talked of unstructured situations in which no authority was in charge and there was a lack of rules or laws. In short, we are currently living in an unstructured age in which many rules or laws … Continue reading →