Interesting opportunities abound
As Mary Beth mentioned in her column this week, very good friends of ours are moving to Chatham-Kent this week. Some of their stuff...
Self-probing part of hospital assessment
I had my pre-surgery assessment/visit to the hospital recently, and that’s an interesting experience.
I got poked, prodded and probed – the latter self-induced.
Sound odd?...
Just who is in charge?
On a recent morning, one where the sun was actually shining, I gave the wifey a scare via a text message.
I went out to...
Sharing info, and sharing grief
It never ceases to amaze me how some folks react in anger to information.
It seems there is always someone looking to shoot the messenger....
It’s slice and dice time
Just a quick column this week, as I am literally writing this hours before surgery.
They pushed the slice, saw, grind and pound back a...
Something’s cooking
You know something’s not right when readers and now my neighbours have informed me they noticed I have not been barbecuing recently.
Yep, several readers...
And the cat came back …
We received another visit from the crazy kitten recently. Yes, Sasha, my sister-in-law’s kitten seems to have won the hearts of my wife and...
Fire call too close for comfort
There are few things as chilling as receiving a text from a friend asking if your workplace is on fire.
That’s what happened Saturday afternoon....
The power of one piece of paper
It was great to get a gift on Father’s Day, and have a nice lunch hand delivered to me by my daughter, but the...
Now, that’s some racing stripe
So, it’s a Friday morning. I’m wiping sleep from my eyes and manage to run my electric shaver over my stubble.
A look in the...