In November 2014 I made a big change. I sold my house in Red Deer, Alberta, and together with my eldest son and his fiancee, bought a house in Edmonton. I had really enjoyed living in the Red Deer house, but it was too big for me as […]
You’ve heard of fake news, but have you heard of a fake personal email? Well, I got one this week. It has become more and more difficult for local businesses to attract our attention because they cannot afford ads on television, few people listen to radio, and flyers […]
On the same day I learned that Edmonton is going to build an 80-storey building, Ben Carson, the US Secretary of Housing and Urban Development, got stuck in an elevator in Miami. So, of course, I put two and two together. Sooner or later, elevators fail, or break […]
Mail thief, I want you to know that the effects of your crime continue long after you have gone. A few weeks ago, I wrote about the trials and tribulations that happen when your mailroom is broken into. Well, the beat goes on. To recap, the mailroom at my […]
My son, Jamie (aka Must Be Tuesday), has made a series of videos demonstrating his changing singing voice during his gender transition. The videos were intended to be informative and helpful to anyone contemplating a transition of their own, especially if they are singers. Until this weekend, they […]
The mailroom at my condo was broken into last month for the third time. I decided that I no longer trusted my mail to its crowbar-compliant aluminum, and I opened a Post Office box downtown instead. I arranged for my mail to be forwarded there for three months, […]
San Jose just had a flood. Before we had a flood, though, we had lots and lots of heavy rain and strong winds for a few days. This coincided with an overflowing reservoir and some bad judgements by some civic engineers which resulted in a floodplain full of […]
I am a snowbird who travels south for the winter. When I get there I have a bird of paradise plant on my patio.
