Sleeping with the Elephant
It was Pierre Trudeau who compared living next to the United States as being in some ways like sleeping with an elephant. No matter how friendly and even-tempered the beast might be, one is affected by every twitch and grunt. And at no time is that truer than during the US presidential elections. And we’ve…
Who is in your web?
Have you had enough spiders this fall? It is incredible the number of arachnids we have around the outside of our house right now. Mind you, having lived in Australia for four years—where you could saddle the spiders and ride them like ponies—these aren’t a particular threat. It’s not the spiders that I mind; live and…
#turntheothercheek
Is it just me or does the US presidential election seem nastier than usual? The interesting thing, or disturbing thing, or sad thing, use your own adjective, is that both Candidates would say they were at least brought up in the Christian tradition. When asked about her faith Mrs. Clinton responded with a trinity of…
All Fixed
--> Apparently you can correct some of your youthful indiscretions. I recently read about a new trend in plastic surgery; earlobe reconstruction, really . . . earlobe reconstruction.One plastic surgeon says that he has been doing four or five of the one hour procedures a month, and it seems to be gaining popularity. It is…
#castthefirststone
Have you ever had a song or a part of a song stuck in your head? You know like, . . . “Mahna Manhna.” You’re welcome. Back in the early eighties I heard a song once, only once as far as I can remember. It was in the kitchen of our family home on Golden…
#alloftheworld
Do you remember when your kids were teens and you would leave them at home alone, maybe for an hour or a weekend? If so then you know that the most important thing that you wanted them to remember were your last words. “I love you, remember your homework”, “I love you don’t forget to…
Gone. . .
For twenty years he was right there and she didn’t have a clue. Two decades ago Rita Wolfensohn’s life changed when her 29 year old son Louis moved out of the family home. From that point on mother and son had no contact with each other. That changed last month when the legally blind, elderly…