Monthly Archives: September 2019
The Transformation
I’d never been in the place before, despite it being across the street from our apartment. Respectable people didn’t frequent Pembroke Ontario’s Windsor Tavern. My biggest memory of the place came from my days as a newspaper reporter on the court beat for The Pembroke Observer. The place was the focus of a domestic assault […]
Skeppsholmen
I was walking down a street in Stockholm when I saw these. I think it may have been some children’s park, on the island of Skeppsholmen. I’m sure about the location, just not sure if this public art was aimed at children or adults. The lesson to learn from that is to write things down […]
Don’t Be Afraid
I had a post scheduled to go for today, then I saw this sign as I was walking through downtown Pembroke yesterday. I thought it was a great message. Seemed like something appropriate for this Sunday. Today’s scheduled post has been shifted to Monday.
Cell Phones And Schools
I have a confession to make. I managed to get through four years of high school without once using my cell phone during school hours. When I look back at that, it wasn’t difficult. There were no cell phones when I graduated in 1972, so there was no temptation to use one. From that experience, […]
They Play What?
It is September and the pennant races are on in Major League Baseball. If you are a fan, this is an exciting time of year. I have to admit I lost interest in the major leagues when the Montreal Expos were forced to relocate to the US. I had followed the team faithfully since […]
Trash or Treasure
It only took a couple of hours to fill the dumpster. Who knows what else is still in the house? One of my neighbors moved recently. I am a little hazy on the details but I gather they jumped at an opportunity in another province, leaving the place in care of their “adult” children. They […]
Choosing Donald Trump
There are some mysteries that may never be solved. Where do crop circles come from? Is there really treasure on Oak Island? Are there still riches hidden in secret passageways in the pyramids? And why would American Christians vote en-masse for someone as un-Christian as Donald Trump? Why do they appear poised to do it […]
UFO
Saw this in the night sky when I was on vacation in Maine. Do you know what it is? Give up? No, it isn’t an Unidentified Flying Object, though I could probably have convinced you it was. It is a lantern, one of those disposable paper ones that people send off into the night sky […]
Hero From Another Time
Been thinking a lot about family recently and its importance to us. Been doing a lot of family things too, sometimes full of joy, other times tinged with sadness. Those I will write about, but there is some internal processing to do first. So today a family story. If you think you may have heard […]
Church On Sunday
It’s a long weekend in Canada, so I thought I would reach back to the past for today’s post. I’m not sure there that is a logical statement, but I’ll leave it for you to judge. This one was originally published in September 2014. I was raised in a family where the expectation was that […]
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