Author Archives: Lorne Anderson
They Ate Their Horses
I published this post on Remembrance Day last year, but wanted to publish it again because for me it brings the First World War home personally. Today we remember. At the 11th hour of the 11th day of the 11th month of 1918 the guns fell silent. The bloodiest war in human history to […]
Remembrance Day
Today is Remembrance Day in Canada, the anniversary of the Armistice that ended the First Word War. It is a time for reflection on the nature of war and peace. I mentioned last year that I would be thinking today about my grandfather, who was a First World War veteran. There are ceremonies across Canada […]
Random Thoughts For A Tuesday
Today is a day for ramblings, some short paragraphs that perhaps tie up some loose ends. Writing about current events in advance is dicey. I wrote that Justin Trudeau’s challenges in constructing his new Cabinet and painted a picture of politicians arriving at Rideau Hall by limousine. That’s the way it has been done before, […]
Optimism
I can’t remember which of my friends shared this on Facebook, but I still smile when I see it, even after repeated views. I keep hoping for a world in which such admonitions are unnecessary! Some things should just be instinctive.
Canadian Tradition
The boards have been up for a month now. Still no snow on the ground, but everyone knows it is coming. The city can’t wait for the cold weather to put up the skating rink boards in the local park. There are so many parks, they have to start early. This being Canada, a skating […]
Waiting For A Plane XI – Between Flights at Ataturk
I rarely fly, but these days when I do it seems like I’m always at Istanbul’s Ataturk Airport waiting for a connecting flight. The wait seems like forever. As with most airports, there’s not much to do at Ataturk except shop, and even that gets pretty boring. There’s only so much Turkish Delight a person […]
Safe, Legal and Rare
Big Brother is watching, but Big Brother doesn’t want you to know what he sees, or at least not in Ontario. The provincial government has refused to release statistical information on publicly funded abortions in the province. Politicians who trumpet the mantra that abortion should be safe, legal and rare don’t want to be transparent […]
Strategic Voting
I heard Elizabeth May leader of Canada’s Green Party discussing election results on an open line radio program. She was lamenting that support for her party seems to have declined, at least as a share of the popular vote. She said that the message she heard from many voters during this year’s federal election campaign […]
The Young Man’s Guide To Carpentry
I try to stay away from home renovations, having inherited my father’s clumsiness with tools. Better to hire someone who can do it right. So when my wife wanted some changes to the cabinets in our kitchen, I looked at the task, said “I could probably do that” and reached for the phone to call […]
My First Crush
I don’t really remember her. Well, okay, I do. I know the name, I remember the voice, but how much of that is a true memory and how much has been added over the years? My mother was telling me about the first woman to steal my heart (other than her I assume). I was […]
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