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Thanksgiving 2026
Monday is the Thanksgiving holiday in Canada. We celebrate before the US, not to be different but because the weather is better. It is easier to be thankful when you are not dealing with a blizzard. Saturday was the day chosen for our family feast, which my wife and I hosted. Today I was part […]
Pissing Match
It has been attributed to many famous people who never said it, including Benjamin Franklin and Mark Twain. No matter its origins, there is a lot of truth to the idea that you should “Never pick a fight with anyone who buys ink by the barrel and paper by the ton.” As a publicity-seeker, you […]
A Thousand Years Of Peace
With all the turmoil in the world, I thought perhaps revisiting a place of peace might be nice for all of us on this Sunday. This post first ran in 2015, and I have repeated it a couple of times since. Anything free when you are traveling is a good thing, given that travel can […]
New Every Evening
It has been more than a year since we moved to a 20th floor apartment. I have yet to tire of the view, especially the sunsets. This one was Friday night
Well Said
Frank Bruni in the New York Times, August 27, 2026: Trump strikes me not as an aberration who had the luck of flawed opponents, a feckless Democratic Party and a system in which the Electoral College rather than the popular vote decides presidential elections, which is, of course, how he won in 2016. He’s an […]
Filling the Space
I have three posts I was considering for today. This isn’t one of them. I’m on vacation. Most of this week’s posts were completed last week. The weather has been great and I have been spending 12 hours or more daily on the beach. Finishing a blog post requires motivation. Motivation requires rain. Even for […]
Googin’s Rocks 2026
For some unknown reason having to do with algorithms and search engines, a lot of the people who discover this space do so though Googin’s Rocks. I have no idea why. but my previous posts of these outcrops in the Atlantic at Old Orchard Beach, Maine, are among the most viewed posts here. I didn’t […]
Tastes Like Summer
There’s a phrase from my childhood. Probably from yours too. “Your eyes are bigger than your stomach.” Yes, I ate it all. No, I won’t do it again. On a warm summer evening ice cream melts almost faster than you can eat it. Okay, I will do it again, but next time a small come, […]
Friday’s Question
My umbrella broke. No complaints – it had served me well and faithfully. I didn’t buy a new umbrella. No need, there was another one in the house, though it was a little bigger. The umbrella I used for years was basic black and collapsible. It would fit in the computer bag I carry, or […]
Is It Art?
It’s been a week full of family events, including a trip to the National Gallery, where I cam across this stack of boxes that at one time (and maybe still) contained steel wool scouring pads. There are eight in the pile – you can’t see the ones at the back. So our Friday question: Is […]
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