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Dream Jobs and Other Happy Accidents.
Every teacher dreams of stumbling into the perfect job. Mine arrived disguised as a government survey and a memo that landed quietly on the principal’s desk. In the early 1970s I was teaching in Marathon and enjoying life in the… Continue reading
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Walking Where He Walked
There was a funeral some years ago that has stayed with me more deeply than I expected. I had been asked to preside at the funeral of a local father whose family had come from Newfoundland. Not simply from Newfoundland… Continue reading
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Pebble Beach: A Place of Return
There are places in the world that become part of us so deeply that we no longer think of them as “places” at all. They are woven into our breathing, our remembering, our way of understanding ourselves. For me, that… Continue reading
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When Banks Leave Town, Communities Pay the Price
Over the past few years, many rural Canadians have watched local bank branches quietly disappear. At first, these closures may seem like simple business decisions, part of a shift toward online services and centralized operations. But for communities along the… Continue reading
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Sailing Home
I’ve been awake since 5 am this morning. Here I am at age 75 feeling like a kid at Christmas waiting for Santa to arrive as I pace and sip a coffee awaiting Don’s arrival. We are heading to Thunder… Continue reading
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Tears Tonight for a Great Canadian Humourist
In late 1980 through the mid 1990s, I worked as an Education Officer for the Ministry of Education of Ontario out of Thunder Bay. My territory covered a large portion of that part of Ontario-about the same size as all… Continue reading
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I am coming to HATE computing and Windows 10…
I cannot find sufficient words to express how much I dislike Windows 10. I am weary from attempting to customise this operating system so that it does not track my movements or feed me ads. I am tired of algorithms… Continue reading
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Help! I’m Drowning in Ads…
Several years ago, Joy and I joined family members for a night at the movies. The attraction was the latest installment in the Star Wars franchise. The movie itself was enjoyable enough. As I recall, it featured brave heroes, evil… Continue reading
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Travelling Man
It wasn’t until I glanced at to odometer on my new 2015 Ford Edge that I realized 2015 has been a travel year in my life. The car is now just 7 months old and it has already logged 31,000… Continue reading
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Societal Madness #1…
I was listening to CBC radio, while driving home the other day. The banning of toboggans and toboggan hills in Hamilton, ON was one of the lead stories. To say my jaw dropped would be understatement. We are becoming, if… Continue reading
Musings from the Deep 