Of little value.
It was of little value. A simple soft sculpture of a girl morphing into a butterfly. A piece by a…
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Revel without a pause.
Canada Day is upon us. An around-the-clock celebration of what it means to go for the Bronze and surprisingly wind…
A national treasure.
There are a precious few among us who by their eccentricity, passion and stubborn refusal to be anything other than…
I love that movie!
In the same way that there are songs I could (and do) play over and over again for hours, there…
Father’s Day.
I don’t have much time for traditional days of celebration. Family Day, Victoria Day or Independence Day, depending. Even Christmas…
Faceplant.
Facebook, the most highly touted stock in history has tanked from day one. I “like” that! Mainly because even without…
Been there, done squat.
In the recreational and sports world, it isn’t so much what you know as where you know. There are places…
Memory serves us Hell.
When it comes to the machines that move us, nothing makes the present more attractive than a visit to the…
Eloy.
They are here in the middle of nowhere and at the end of time. An gathering of senior citizen skydivers…
Cross Words.
Jesus has to be rethinking his return. The religion that carries his name is on the ropes as the Republican…
The great beef jerky heist.
I’m starring at an empty rack at the local convenience store and wondering. How can the 7-Eleven run out of…
Keeping up with the Ahmadinejads.
Determined to create world peace through war, the most powerful nation on earth is ignoring the most formidable weapon in…
The write thing.
It’s been many decades since I put aside the guarantee of the good life as an engineer; choosing instead the…
Newt moon over America.
Presidential campaigns in the United States never fail to produce a comic collection of characters bent on proving that they’re…
Bringing up the rear.
They grew up in the same neighbourhood. As kids they played out great adventures in the houses under construction in…
Wedding of the Century.
Although I’ve never really understood or endorsed the royalty thing, I have to admit that the Kate and William nuptials…
Mixed nuts.
From motorcycles to m&m’s we love the process of choosing the one that’s the only one for us. The more…
Burning bridges.
The first bit of bad advice came disguised as good advice. Since then, all kinds of decisions that detour our…
All fun all the time.
Whether you are a visitor to Victoria, British Columbia or are fortunate enough to live here, certain attractions of this…
You can tell a great bar by its crunch
Even the smallest towns offer a choice of places where you can taste what’s on tap or sip a Shiraz…