I was looking around for a blog to “spiffy-up” for another short challenge that I’m in, when I came across a phrase that I wrote when hurricane Sandy blew out our lights. – “Blessed are they that Bar-B-Q for they shall always have matches.” We might not always have propane, or charcoal and on the […]
Well it’s actually white. But really, white, grey, black. These seem to be the perennial colour choices in cars these days. I have to believe that car companies paint cars in colours that will “sell.” So people must be asking for this palette of bland, boring colours!! Maybe most of the world is populated by
I just had to repost a column by Tabatha Southey. It’s a satirical essay on why she believes that the Pope has stepped down. It’s hilarious. Here’s the link from the Globe and Mail and here’s the article There has been much speculation around Pope Benedict XVI’s resignation. For a week now, rumours have swirled on
Yesterday it was milder so I could get out for a walk, because I didn’t have to negotiate the ice!!! On really treacherous days, I wear “Trax.” They’re something like braces that you put on your boots to keep from slipping. They’re not pretty and when you are on a dry surface, they slide all
This is day 42 in the 2013 blog-a-day challenge. I decided to post about the number 42 today because it is the meaning of life according to the Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy. Fortunately it falls on a weekend this year. I always think that weekends are more about life or at least the fun
Before Christmas, my son had a friend staying over for a few days. Well one night Alex went out to get some snacks from across the street. The kids all use the door in the fence at the back of the yard to get to the shops, because it’s quicker. When he got back he
I was often called upon to explain how the date of Easter is determined each year. It was sort of my party piece – OK I don’t lead a very exciting life. Now, however, with Google being the source of all information, at anytime, I am rarely asked to “recite.” Alas, I did enjoy the
This is a little story about an incident that happened years ago. For some reason it just popped into my mind the other day and for lack of another blog topic, I thought, why not retell this one? I was living, at the time, in an apartment in Port Credit and teaching at a high
I couldn’t help thinking about this quote, by Patrick Moore, which I posted in an earlier blog. I thought, what does my particular cat situation say about my home’s collective soul? 1. First I have three cats – do I have three souls – two to sell and one to keep 🙂 2. All of
The other day I was reminded of a phrase I hadn’t used in a while – “In my end is my beginning and in my beginning is my end.” I happen to love oxymorons and I have just made a mental note to look up the origin of the word (another post) because it does
