Who knew that a carrot could leave a perfectly circular hole in the kitchen window? At that moment the world stopped as three people stood and stared out the window into the night. And then it was gone, into the folklore that was and is my family. My Father replaced
Life
Thoughts from what I have seen on this road I walk.
Day To Day Life
The Smell of Rain
The sticky days of Summer are upon us – soggy daytime highs in the low 30’s, where leaving the front door is like walking into a carwash. This week has been especially bad, living in a red brick house the temperature has not dropped below 28 in the house. Even
Day To Day Life
Canada Day 2024
Even though I live in the national capital I tend to avoid all the hoopla downtown, simply to avoid the 400k visitors that squeeze in with the million residents here for 8 blocks of sweat, noise and flag waving. This year even the evening program at LeBreton Flats is sort
Life Words Worth
Tenalach
Tenalach: A relationship one has with the land, air and water; a deep connection that allows you to literally hear the Earth Sing. – Old Irish Ahh bless the Irish to come up with a single word that encompasses a whole world of meaning, a spirituality of connection, and a
Life
Ferrari Festival
Only in Ottawa, Little Italy to be precise, would you find a festival devoted to that ultimate of sports cars – the Ferrari. Every year we make a point of spending an evening having a gander at the ‘mid-life crisis’ of sports cars. It makes me wonder who has an
Day To Day Life Lists
Simply Beautiful
They say ‘A smile is a beautiful thing.’ but even more beautiful are the people and things that make you smile. Smiles are kind of sneaky, creeping across your lips when you least expect them, when the weight of the world is on your shoulders or you are deep in