Will February be as soft as January? I make these observations thinking one day I will maybe go back and check how bad each winter has been year after year. But I don't. These things just languish. Like so many dreams. Contemplating leaving other things aside first, however. The cable TV and … read more »

Efficient. Kind. Relaxed. Excellent. It was a good day at the hospital helping the lad get through what turned out to be a far less onerous than feared experience of an eyeball straightening. More nip than tuck, I have spent longer stretches at the dentist. Shades of my two days long medical stays …

Where were we? Ah, yes. The great explosion of 1840:  •  Another huge fire erupted on 18 April 1840, this time on Counter’s wharf and, aided by the explosion of gunpowder stored in one of the warehouses, spread across much of the waterfront area. Strong winds helped it extend to the whole of the …

This bug goes on. Sputter and wheeze was this week's treat. Got X-rays shot through my chest. Never speak of X-ray. X-rays. They are many. I am now off speaking. Hard to do with five kids in the house. Lots of arm motions required. But an 8 month old is not strong on responding to arm motions …

That cold I mentioned? Coughing for four weeks? Turned into pneumonia. Unlike Greece, however, there was a known accepted cure. Horse pills. Halfway through the great pharmaceutical experiment, I like big drug a little better. Even in my drugged haze, I found the choices for the best Canadian song …

I was on a platform in a curling rink in Summerside, PEI after giving a presentation when I heard. I got home as soon as I could and six days later I started writing comments on a blog. For some reason, we had guests from Sweden, in-laws of in-laws who didn't speak English and for a time had a … read more »

Growing up in Atlantic Canada, one had to expect an election somewhere in what no one called "Canada's New England" every year or so. Inevitably, one party or another ran on the slogan "Time For A Change!" mainly because, if elected, they were going to administer exactly the same as the bums they …

I have been reading a lot this winter. Lots and lots of histories - mainly US but plenty about the founding of Upper Canada, too, though those texts are fewer and far between. Right now, I am reading John Winthrop: America's Forgotten Founding Father by Francis J. Bremer, a book about the first …

I watched a biography of Ronald Reagan on PBS last night and was reminded of a lot of things. He was my high school to my getting into law school. He did come across as an old stuffy bumpkin know it all as well as your favorite uncle. All anyone had to do back then was to say "wehhlll" and toggle …