Getting Away Still Means Meeting The Treat Of Covid 19 I told Ed yesterday, “We now have the green light to travel within our province of British Columbia if we practice social distancing as we roam about.” It is good news as…

Some Stories Help Us See Hidden Meanings Yesterday, I told Ed that I was thinking of Aesop’s Fables for children. These stories by Aesop, a Greek slave of around 620 BC, convey messages hidden in the story. After each fable, Aesop would…

It Is Almost Time To Pay A Visit To The Recycling Center In Melville Saskatchewan, a few years back, the time would come for a showdown with my accumulated recyclables. Off I would go to Rail City to redeem cans, bottles, etc….

Being Denounced For Telling The Truth Some of us are good at getting in trouble for saying what others do not want to hear. Ed, my old neighbor in Saskatchewan, has the misconception that it is all about agreement and harmony in…

The Easiest Person To Deceive Is Oneself Ed and I can both remember when Flip Wilson used to claim, “The devil made me do it!” On his comedy television show Flip’s character, Geraldine repeatedly blamed the devil for every questionable decision she…

Somebody Needs To Look After Me! Every day accidents happen, but don’t blame the guardian angels present for not preventing them. Any accident might have been much worse without the quick action of guardian angels. You can tell that I am a…

Too Much Abuse! We’re Not Going To Take It Anymore! Covid 19 has altered Mother’s Day and Father’s Day to the honoring of one’s father or mother from a distance of six feet or two meters. The virus is a killer of…

The Only Pie Not Worth Eating Is A Mud Pie I told Ed that it was to be the great taste of our first strawberry-rhubarb pie of the season. Instead, it was the taste of an experiment gone wrong.  My new crumble…

The Cemetery Confirms That I’m Not Indispensable Or Infallible! Ed, my old neighbor in Saskatchewan, is annoyed with people who feel they, know-it-all. He says, “In this pandemic that confronts us, we have more than our share of authority figures telling us…

Often It Is A Case Of Both Good News And Bad News I told Ed, my old neighbor in Saskatchewan, that I filled my car up yesterday with gas at 87 cents per liter here in Chilliwack B.C. I assured Ed that…