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June 21, 2026
Life Thoughts

It’s About The Job Dammit!

These days not-like-me-o-phobia seems to be a common thread on the Oligarch-Bros sponsored social media, either is blatant posts or snide comments (tell me these are half-trained bots and people REALLY aren’t that uninformed!). I’ve been lucky in my life, working with people from diverse sectors of the population. And

Recycling

The Creativity Bag

I’ve heard the stories about writers keeping a notepad by their bed for those midnight Eureka moments. I would more likely knock the dang thing off my nightstand in the dark, along with my glasses! I am a people watcher, thinking about the ‘backstory’ when I encounter groups of people

People

Ali

Ali was not a boy, rather a man of at least 60 years, slowed by arthritis and weather-beaten by years of desert wind and sand. When Ali was young he had studied languages, becoming proficient in English and French as well as his native Arabic.  The year was 1942 and

Life

A Cannonading Drive

(Excerpted from ‘K444 – Growing Up In The Shadow of a Rusty Boat’) Danny Gallivan: “A scintillating Savardian spinorama!”Announcer” “Danny, there is no such word as scintillating!”Danny Gallivan: “There is now…” November 22nd, 1963 was one of those days – I remember all the hoopla and tears, but a month

Recycling

Summer Bag – Evolution

Last summer I wrote about making a carry bag for my water bottle, after cracking my kneecap on a swinging bottle while at Mooney’s Bay. The bag sort of worked, my knees escape further contusions, but I noticed I was still having to carry another bag for the essentials like