I had a bad fall while on vacation in California and needed the help of my family to fly back to Canada. I broke my wrist and fractured my pelvis, and have written about it in this blog (here, here, here, and here). My experience in negotiating all the […]
Beautiful lies are like lovely bellflowers and we have to remain vigilant. As Tucker Max once said, “The devil doesn’t come dressed in a red cape and pointy horns. He comes as everything you’ve ever wished for.” I’ve been wishing for attractive flowers to flourish in my garden’s […]
This is a conversation I overheard today after a woman greeted a man she knew on a bus I was riding: He: Hey! I haven’t seen you in ages. How have you been? She: I’m fine. I just got out of jail. How are you doing? He: I’m […]
As in my previous blog post, I am rethinking my appearance which has devolved during nearly three months of being housebound. A bad fall has resulted in my spending most of my time lately in hospitals and at home in bed. I am now more mobile but still […]
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When is a good time to stop colouring your hair? It’s not a trick question, even though it sounds a lot like “Have you stopped beating your wife yet?” You could answer that you shouldn’t even have started colouring your hair, but it’s too late for many of […]
Back in the 1960s, there was a musical stage show called Stop the World–I Want to Get Off. I never saw it, but the title has often come to mind as being appropriate for personal, social, or political reasons. Today it seems relevant from all three perspectives. I […]
It has been a long, painful, journey both literally and figuratively since I had a bad fall while in California. It has also caused me to rethink a few things; the fragility of my health, the risks of wintering in the USA, and the wisdom of never again […]
I am a snowbird who travels south for the winter. When I get there I have a bird of paradise plant on my patio.
