Author Archives: Lorne Anderson
Wood Working
I found these in front of a store just outside the town of Laufen, which is about a half hour walk from home. They are the calling card I guess you could say for a local furniture and woodworking shop. I’m not sure if they are for sale, or just for decoration – I had […]
Seventh Decimate
In Stephen R. Donaldson’s latest novel, there are six “decimates,” supernatural powers that can be used for good or evil. The sorcerers of Amika and Belleger have employed their decimates for centuries in a war that is unending. Both sides are looking for something that will give them an edge, deliver victory and bring peace. […]
On The Bus
I may have mentioned from time to time that I am a big fan of public transit. It provides economical transportation, is relatively reliable and is environmentally friendly. Because I am a fan, and also because we have no vehicle, I have been learning the intricacies of the local transit system. Well, maybe intricacies is […]
Appropriately Named?
I didn’t buy this toilet paper I saw in a German grocery store, but I did admire whatever marketing guru came up with the brand name. I do wonder how many Germans get the joke.
Heartbreak On Bank Street
I can’t decide if I would have gone to the game if I had been in Ottawa. Playoff football is appealing, but cold. It was sunny in Ottawa yesterday, three degrees Celsius at game time. July is a much better time to be outdoors in a sometimes-windy stadium. Being thousands of miles away on another […]
The God Guarantee
Worry is a natural human emotion. Worrying about the future seems to be something a lot of us do. But is that necessary? Or healthy? One of the reasons we worry is that we doubt our abilities and God’s ability to use them. We lack trust perhaps, or fail to understand the potential we have. […]
Remembrance Day 2017
A hundred years ago today the First World War was dragging on with no end in sight. The troops were mired in the mud of the trenches of France and Belgium. It was not a pretty war. My grandfather fought in that conflict. To honour his memory, each November 11, for as long as I […]
Waiting For A Plane XXVIII – Munich Again
Waiting for the last flight of a trip always seems to be the most tedious. I just want the voyage to be over. I think this was a different terminal than the flight we took from this airport earlier in the week – we had to take a shuttle train between the buildings. At nine […]
Waiting For A Plane XXVII – Larnaca
This is what business travel looks like. The tourist in me is offended. I saw the hotel, or at least parts of it. There was a series of connected swimming pools that looked very inviting. They weren’t open late at night though, and when you are in meetings from 7:30 a.m. to 10:30 p.m. there […]
More Scammers
I guess it had to happen sometime. I got my first spam email with my work account. Apparently some information is missing from my PayPal account. I’d be perturbed if the email was addressed to me. However, it was addressed to “Costumer.” With the note “Pleas read this email.” I don’t work in the theatre, […]
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