BLUE DUETS

I'm working on an essay about the trees in my life.  There was a cherry tree in the yard of the old woman next door:  she let me climb u...

Dear scammer, I don't even know where to begin.  Shall I say that the internet was designed to bring people together?  To create communi...

Ah, spring on the prairies!  As the snow melts, almost green edges of grass appear.  So does the grime of winter:  the few leaves we never g...

  Am I really going to start another blog post with the words "It's been a terrible week for the world:  everyone will suffer from ...

Psychologists have identified five characteristics of most people's temperaments.  The shorthand goes like this:  extroversion, neurotic...

Imagine creating a cubist portrait of someone you love or know very well. Cubism would give you the chance to capture the myriad aspects of ...

I want to hibernate. I want to gather myself a pile of good books--upbeat or reflective books, not a tough critique of the human condition a...

I could begin this blog post in a number of places.  I could tell you about watching The Great Escaper Sunday night with incandescent perfor...

In late October, Veronica and I went to Toronto--our first trip together since the pandemic. We've been travelling together since we bec...

  Nikka and I used to make annual late November or early December Christmas shopping forays to Saskatoon.  We'd take in the shops on Bro...