Author Archives: Lorne Anderson
The Tricycle
When my children were younger I wrote a weekly column, “Modern Parenting” for The Pembroke Observer newspaper. Being a stay-at-home dad was rare in our small town in 1991; people wanted to hear about my adventures. When I started this blog I promised to republish some of those old pieces, then I got sidetracked. Today […]
You Have Been Warned!
I took this picture a few years ago when we were on vacation in Maine. I forget exactly in which community the sign was posted, but I think it was Portland. Most places I have visited have rules of conduct of some sort or another. This is the only place though that I have seen […]
Korean Reflections
They play ice hockey in South Korea. They became interested in it during the Korean War, watching Canadian troops in action. That was one of the pieces of trivia I picked up last month when I was invited to dinner at the Korean Embassy, a meal coupled with a briefing on Canada-Korea relations. Strictly speaking, […]
The Ad Campaign
I was talking with a colleague yesterday and she mentioned she was about to leave on vacation, off to visit family in Romania. That brought this post from October 2014 to mind and the great tourism video, which was influential in my decision to visit Romania. Since it was top of mind, I though a […]
Harby
I suppose an explanation is in order. Certainly a fellow blogger thought so, sending me an email asking if somehow something had been dropped from my post on stuffed animals. The short answer is no. I just didn’t think to explain myself. And I suppose I really should explain why my son’s stuffed toy rabbit, […]
Questions
When my children were younger I wrote a weekly column, “Modern Parenting” for The Pembroke Observer newspaper. Being a stay-at-home dad was rare in our small town in 1991; people wanted to hear about my adventures. When I started this blog I promised to republish some of those old pieces, then I got sidetracked.The past […]
Still Remembering Kent State
I posted this on May 4 2015. A year has passed, it has now been 46 years since that day. But I still do remember and want to pause again to reflect on a world where so often things can go horribly wrong. Forty-five years later their names are a footnote to history. But I […]
The Dentist
When my children were younger I wrote a weekly column, “Modern Parenting” for The Pembroke Observer newspaper. Being a stay-at-home dad was rare in our small town in 1991; people wanted to hear about my adventures. When I started this blog I promised to republish some of those old pieces, then I got sidetracked. Today […]
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