You learn a lot about your family when you aren’t well enough to take care of them, like just how…
Hungry Heart
I was 10 years old when Bruce Springsteen released that hit single. The impression it made on me…
My promise
I didn’t make any New Year’s resolutions. I prefer my failures to be more random, less…
Dear 2019
Dear 2019, I realize you aren’t a person, more like a metaphysical concept, so let’s not get…
Post-Christmas syndrome
Post-Christmas syndrome is a thing. I have it. It’s the realization that the best holiday on the…
Fergus Santa
I met up with Santa Claus at a coffee shop in downtown Fergus a few weeks ago. He was holding court…
Merry flirting
The censorship of the holiday song Baby, it’s Cold Outside has me a little heated. Before I…
Bohemians
If I contributed anything of value to my children’s gene pool, I know it is a profound love of…
No mistletoe
Sometimes cynicism is a good thing, especially when I accept that it’s just pessimism without…
Home sick
You know what they say: the family that gets sick together, gets to stay home and be sick together.…