I sat down to write this soon after the television broadcast scenes of rioting on the streets of…
Life-wise
A letter from the campsite
Those of us fortunate enough to reach our late 70s sometimes have to justify our actions to the…
A tale of two landlords
It was the best of times; it was the worst of times. It was the era of rent controls; it was the…
Putting up with put-downs
The family gene pool has blessed Jill, my sister’s daughter, with a quick wit and a slightly…
Often we mirror our parents
I grew up in a town served by one protestant church and one catholic church. We all attended the…
Canadas scarcity of calamity
Talk about earthquakes. The floor of our second-storey apartment shook. The lamps rocked, my big…
Retirement
Recently, someone asked me, "When do you plan to retire?" I laughed, saying that…