THE THIRD PERIOD

As part of our visit to Wheeling, West Virginia Teresa and I decided to take a side trip to Nashville. Surprisingly, despite all the...

I love to read. I think I have always loved reading. I have memories of ordering paperback books from a catalogue company available from...

As Ontario and most provinces in Canada begin to remove or eliminate health restrictions I am sure many of us are wondering, is COVID...

I don't think there was a news story in 2021 that grabbed the attention, and more importantly, the heartstrings of Canadians more than...

I am sure many of you watched with a mixture of interest, concern, disgust and embarrassment at the last three weeks in Ottawa and to a...

The beginning of a new year. I have always enjoyed the beginning of something new. A new job position when I was working, a new golf...

Wow, what a great vacation this has been. Two weeks in Southern California and we are now into our second week in Hawaii. We have had...

When I last left you, it was our second last day in Southern California. We had gone to get our required COVID test for entering Hawaii....

Southern California is by far our most frequent vacation spot. The combination of beautiful weather, great sights and lots to do....

Well, we are definitely into fall. We celebrated a fantastic Thanksgiving at the cottage with family and had great weather. It was...

We are going on a vacation! It seems so long ago that Teresa and I travelled to Japan. Some of you may have read my blog posts about our...

Our son Sean is a Ph.D. student at York University. As part of completing his Masters, he is working to get articles published. Here is...

I recently turned 64 and got my first tattoo. I am feeling very cool. I feel like I can now refer to other people as "dude" (I am not...

After taking a couple of months off from writing posts and updating the site, everything is up to date for September 1. Well, it...

I thought I would wait to post this as there seemed to be a flurry of articles, comments, posts and rants about Canada Day at the...

April 24, 2021, was the 106th anniversary of the massacre of Armenians under the Ottoman Empire. On this same day, President Joe Biden...

I had never experienced what I think of as road rage. I must say that I am completely dismayed, disturbed and in extreme cases shocked...

Spring is here, although it has been rainy and cool in southern Ontario. The pandemic continues to dominant both our day-to-day lives and...

Here are a few things that caught my attention last month. Definitely a few repeats as some things just seem to drag on and on. Hopefully...

Here are a few things that caught my eye last month. My list is getting long so some are slipping to next month but hopefully, I captured...