Billy or buck, nanny or doe – that is the question. What difference does it mean? What…
Bits and Pieces
Flood of memories
A couple of days before writing, my son and I went to pick up a so-called elderly neighbour who…
Snow, snow
Snow, snow, go away – come again some other day! That was a chant that was directed to the…
Snap, crackle and pop
Snap, crackle and pop is not my cereal popping when I pour milk on it, nor is it the before-bedtime…
Wardrobe malfunction
I can’t recollect, but it must have been Friday the 13th; otherwise, how could so many…
No shirt
“No shirt, no shoes, no service.” That was as a popular sign among the outer beach area…
Half and half
The sun shone brightly through my window as I awoke the other morning. It had broken through the…
Poetry of time
The foremost side of the handout card at the sign-in podium of the Smith Funeral Home, 1576 London…
Crazy and hazy
It was one of those hot and windless mid-August mornings. Not a bird in sight; not even the…
Christmas
Christmas once again comes rolling around. As you get older, it seems to come a little more…
They’re back
When I looked out my window early this morning, the ground was completely covered with a new skiff…
Tylenol kick
When I awoke this past morning, the sky was in heavy overcast. It matched my mood completely. If…