Sometimes I'll read something and it grips me by the lapels and stares at me, demands my attention, and when I attend, it grips my shoul...

I haven't attended an arena concert since 1991 (Sting), so the  Sarah McLachlan  concert this past weekend at Edmonton's Rogers Plac...

Thank you M , L , i , and little m .   the still life— however you define it .  Thanks to a delightful week of playing with and tidying up ...

Yes, I have 4 snow shovels. Don't ask.  If you live in the North, are you prepped for Winter?  the forecast. Our current high today in n...

Thanks for the reminder, L .  politeness, charm, civility.  Potty-training is challenging , but my grandson is teaching me a few things I su...

One of my favourite actors, Robin Williams famously portrayed Dr. Oliver Sacks in the film  Awakenings . It seems to me there's a lastin...

In Canada, September 30 is National Truth & Reconciliation Day, also known as Orange Shirt Day. Most schools and government offices are ...

During my morning hike yesterday, I suddenly remembered another September walk along a bluff of trees in my childhood school playground... s...

source   groaking.  Is this word new to you too?  To groak (verb) means to stare longingly at a person who is eating in hopes of being invit...

discovered in a child's playground toy  (insert horrified face here) My son and I have spent decades marveling at bugs, especially those...