Jack 1998-2008
Five years ago today at 2:15 pm ET, my beautiful German Shepherd Jack died. We had his vet euthanize him before his body did it by itself. It was getting…
Coronation Street Scene of the Week (Jan. 27/13)
True Romance Love, sex, relationships and marriage all featured this week in almost every storyline. Tumultuous, even histrionic, tales of intrigue, deception and secrets and, amid all of it, one…
A Nation’s Songs
Whatever one might think of the US of A, they got good national songs. Watching Monday’s Presidential Inauguration, the high point for me was the Brooklyn Tabernacle Choir giving it…
Coronation Street Scene of the Week (Jan. 20/13)
Fly Fishing Fly fishing is an art and a craft. It requires skill in preparation and execution, an eye for beauty, the ability to reproduce nature, and patience. It is…
HRH Baby
With the expected Royal baby, there will be a kinship situation that hasn’t existed since Queen Victoria reigned. There will be 3 generations of direct heirs apparent to the throne:…
Coronation Street Scene of the Week (Jan. 13/13)
Heartbreak Hotel Probably Kylie could do better than Nick, but he’s a vast improvement on David. So this was my favourite shot of the week. The repercussions of this will…
Idle No More
Our ancestors wanted this land Canada so damned bad that they crossed the ocean, crossed the country in wagon trains, fought each other, fought the indigenous peoples, and cleared forest…
Coronation Street Scene of the Week (Jan. 6/13)
Kirkys Turkys Interspersed amid the turmoil, a little tale of giving and goodness unfolded this week thanks to our Kirk and young Craig. The cardboard sign he made - Kirkys…
The Christmas Gift
This Christmas, I got lots of nice presents but my favourite is a list of stores written on a scrap of paper. It’s about the gift that didn’t happen, but…