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Must have been about 8-9 years-old, an obvious step down from teenagerhood. I used to walk about five cold blocks in -20 Winnipeg winter to the rink at the nearest community club. The two boarded rinks were usually in use, … Continue reading →

“The grand essentials to happiness in this life are something to do, something to love, and something to hope for.”

is the month of feelings, family, memories, and true closeness.  

Wim Wenders’ classic is a must-see. Wings of Desire is about two angels Damiel (Bruno Ganz) and Cassiel (Otto Sanders) who spend their eternal lives (along with many other angels) tuning in to peoples’ most secret thoughts and desires. Most … Continue reading →

“The Republican Party in 2017 is a place where both Nazis and child molesters can feel at home,” –Mitch McConnell.

  “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 →