The broad open space and rugged terrain of the prairies is not a welcoming environment for any species. The prairies are not going to adapt…
Michelangelo is famous for painting the ceiling of the Sistine Chapel, but as an artist, the medium he truly loved to work in was not…
Long long ago, I worked in a children’s mental health facility. On one occasion, I was temporarily helping out in the pre-school classroom. The woman…
Jimmy Stewart starred in a lovely, rather poignant 1950 movie in which Stewart’s character had an imaginary friend named Harvey. Wikipedia’s description of the movie…
A favourite trick of proof readers is to read text from the bottom up to the top. You are more likely to catch an error…
I had the pleasure this past week of attending a fundraiser for WAYS, Western Ontario Youth Services. It was a brilliant idea to copy the…
Every once in a while you need to go back to the proverbial drawing board — meaning, re-evaluate your best laid plans. Sometimes a business…
Johnny Carson. Apparently, he was quite a guy. I can honestly say I rarely watched his show, but I did catch it once, circa 1976,…
A French professor I once had was born and raised in France. He was a charming and loquacious soul who liked to tell stories about…
A recent article circulating social media sites was in regard to a man who complained of having an ‘ear worm’ for years on end… ‘Earworms’;…