A wonderful way to end a good summer is to travel to somewhere you’ve never been. I’m in Barcelona. I’ll go from here on to…
While Europe’s eye is fix’d on mighty things,The fate of empires and the fall of kings;While quacks of State must each produce his plan,And even…
Contentment is for Cows, the Blog, is ten years old! When it was created, the comic strip was supposed to be the star of the…
My father was still working full time at age 68. When I asked him if he was thinking at all about retirement, he answered that…
From loud explosions to snide comments made at a cocktail party, the normal, human, universal response is to freeze. A couple of heartbeats are required…
“Life is long. Youth is short.” Or so says a favourite character in Contentment is for Cows. Ahh, the joys of youth. All that energy,…
On impulse one evening I googled ‘short story contests Canada’. And guess what? The CBC short story contest is under way! The deadline for submissions…
A justification is a convenient cognitive process we use to excuse bad behaviour. People everywhere justify their actions all the time. Take for example the…
Summertime, and the living is easy. It is time to relax — vacations, sunshine, excursions, swimming, picnics… what’s not to love? If summer is your…
Ahhh, Mother’s Day. The one day of the year intended to make us turn the tables on our Mothers and do for them what they…