It was one of those hot and windless mid-August mornings. Not a bird in sight; not even the…
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Room to manoeuvre
In response to the financial crisis of the previous decade, policy-makers decided to take all…
Drive on
And just like that, summer ended. I watched it fade away in the rearview mirror on my way…
Sold
The auction sale, aforementioned, in the swaybacked building at the end of the once-was Royal…
A nightmare?
Every now and then some commentators come up with a nightmare scenario where technology displaces a…
September
It seems the thing that I resist most in my life is the thing I need most: change. No other month…
Chicken tractor
During the last week of August, something new was added to our landscape. It has been dubbed…
Apple pie
I love fall fair season. It’s impossible to be cranky, unless you are the Carpenter, because…
Worthwhile?
A multitude of youngsters will attend a post-secondary institution this autumn to pursue a course…
Nature’s harvesters
Outside our ground floor bathroom window, about three or four feet from the glass, grows a…
Arguments
My husband, the Carpenter, is the great love of my life. I adore him. But sometimes, I don’t…
Lower oil prices
According to Greek mythology, the one characteristic the gods resented was hubris, self-pride.…
Fronch porch thoughs
The query that surfaces frequent, I don’t question why who…
The consensus view
The widespread, conventional view about the course of short-term comfort is that all is well…
How chip dip saved my life
I had my credit card in my hand and the cursor hovered over the words “checkout.” All I…