It’s that time of year again, aka Mukluk Season, where everyone you meet on the street reminds you of the Michelin Man, waddling about in 17 layers of wool or doing the pee-pee dance at the bus stop cuz it is ‘not cool’ to dress warmly! Just in time for
Life
Thoughts from what I have seen on this road I walk.
Ready For Winter?
I know, seasons change, get used to it… I am a three season person – Spring, Summer and Fall, then like most good bears I hibernate in my office til the robins start chirping outside my window again. It’s not like I 100% abhor Winter, more like 90% or so.
10 Things My Dog Teaches Me About Life
We often hear of people being called ‘Old Souls’, wise beyond their years, the kind of people you reach out to when you think you are out of options or running into the proverbial brick wall. In my life I have ‘had’ a number of dogs, all of them easily
Necessity IS The Mother of Invention
It probably comes as no surprise that I have a bad back, Sciatica mostly, a direct result, no doubt, of doing less than brilliant things that should be done by two people; in the name of expediency and sometimes when more than a little P-O’d at my surroundings and/or co-workers.
The Seasons are a’Changing… I think…
Flame red broccoliagainst cerulean skytells me Winter soon… My favourite Oak tree is starting to turn to Autumn, a sure sign that soon we will be hauling out the Sorels and snow shovels. Ugh, I am NOT a Winter person, not one to wait with bated breath to wax down
Neurotribes Explained
Autism is a complex ‘syndrome’, not a disability in the common, observable sense, though some on the spectrum exhibit definitely observable traits. Is it a disability or an evolution, a reflection on the inability to learn in a ‘sociably acceptable’ manner or on our inability to teach in a neuro-diverse