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How can you possibly get injured while bowling? Well, my dear readers, it can happen. And it did happen to yours truly last week.
I have no idea who wrote the following words, but they are so true. “The most beautiful souls are those who walked out of the fire, then returned with water for those still in it.”
It’s that month again. November, when winds blow cold over crosses and stones, some crumbling, others fresh. When we honour service people, fallen while on duty or years later…
Someone was asked what he thought about volunteer work. He answered, “I wouldn’t do it if you paid me.” Lately I’ve had people asking me to volunteer to help them out…
Several people have recently raised concerns around a particular theme lately, and yesterday it came up again while talking to a new friend.
“I think I’ll get a horse,” I’ve told a few friends recently (tongue in cheek). “At least a horse would be reliable.” Snickers meet that comment, especially since everyone understands…
It has been a busy and exciting few months for Robert and me. And if there's one thing I've learned over the past six years, it's that you never quite know what's waiting around the next corner.
The ability to complain is a free option every human being is equipped with at birth. I remember watching a four-year-old sitting at a picnic table with her grandparents, ready to have lunch.
Three grandchildren, ages eleven to fifteen, squealed as our van turned into the McDonalds drive-through. “Nana! That’s not the way! Back up!”
They say, “Variety is the spice of life,” and that’s very true. Sampling foods from different cultures makes eating that much more interesting. Travelling abroad, if you can afford to, can be very enriching to the human spirit.
I've always loved a good underdog story. You know, the kind where everyone has pretty much written someone off, only to have them come roaring back and prove everybody wrong.
It’s been said you know you’ve reached the age of 100 when your birthday candles cost more than the cake. Statistics revealed by medical researcher Dr. David Grimes…
Prof. That’s what my fellow college students and I called our cheerful music professor. Elderly, bespectacled, wise.
Some of the best things in life walk right through your front door because they’ve run out of printer ink. Let me explain. On September 14, a lovely South African woman…
Having just celebrated Thanksgiving, I’m reminded the occasion is not only about getting together with family and friends and eating a lot of good food.
March, 2001. With a bellyful of butterflies, I sat before an editor’s desk and handed over a folder. It held ten 500-word columns and a proposal to write a new one each week…
I did a thing last week. It was one of those spontaneous ADHD decisions. I was at home with my feet up, scrolling aimlessly through my phone…
In 1971, English composer Gavin Bryars, along with his friend Alan Power, were working on a film about homeless people living on the streets of London.
Sometimes the right thing to do is not the most popular thing to do. But if you have the strength to say “no” to something you know is wrong, you’ll ultimately be able to live with yourself…
A man asked a lawyer, "How much do you charge?" The lawyer replied saying he charged $1,000 to answer three questions. The man fired back, asking, "Don't you think that's too expensive?"