Author Archives: rdavies

The Tin Palace still lives with the excellent outdoor patio and the semi-outdoor section (where my party sat) which feels like it’s outdoors with overhead cover and openable windows. Still not much they can do about occasional vehicles suddenly roaring … Continue reading →

when old rock stars who are older than you are dying and you’ve never even heard of them or can’t identify one of their songs.

The blinds were closed that Sunday September afternoon. I had closed them for my wife’s father who, otherwise, would have been blinded by the light as we watched the football game on the tube. A familiar context, for sure, and … Continue reading →

A glimpse into my sensibility…

The young woman ahead of me in line buying a loaf of bread to start the day. Breakfast? Survival food? Needed for toast or a sandwich later? No matter how you cut it, survival or continuance for the body, self, … Continue reading →

Trust The Globe & Mail to correctly know and still practise a spelling/usage distinction no longer made by the multitudes. (For those unsure: ‘se’ for verb use, ‘ce’ for noun use).

were by black and brown performers, many of whom are retired, departed, and forgotten now. So, below, these were some of those favorite songs that impressed a white kid growing up in a Canadian prairie town listening to their music, … Continue reading →

“What’s that?” “Winter. Snow.”

The town workers have redesigned flowerbeds and put in nice granite stone walkways. The front garden of the municipal building overlooking main street is the absolute best it has ever looked.

At Bighorn Meadows Resort. Great lighting effects there all day long. Sky and water canvases.