I’m in North Bay at my pal Heather’s cottage. Heather’s dad built this cottage with his bare hands in 1960. As a surgeon, his hands often worked magic, and this is a very magical place. Modern mega-homes have popped up all around Trout Lake in…
Should I stay or should I go now? If I go there will be trouble An’ if I stay it will be double (Should I Stay Or Should I Go, The Clash, 1982) Oh, the Clash! My all-time favorite 80’s band. Charlie, one of my…
After my mom died last year, I found a note to her from my dad in the top drawer of her dresser. My parents divorced decades ago, and my dad is also now deceased. I was intrigued to read this note from my dad, and…
In my quixotic quest to become a nicer, less anxious and more evolved person I enrolled in a mindfulness meditation class that meets every second Monday. In our second class last week we worked on “compassion” towards others and to ourselves. One of our exercises…
It is easy to think being the child of divorce is all bad. According to the research, kids from broken families are more likely to smoke, be on Ritalin, suffer from lower self esteem, drop out of school, suffer a stroke, and die earlier than…
Our first family dog, Riley, was a psychotic piece of work. I paid an outrageous amount to an animal therapist who insisted that Riley was not the problem. Rather, it was my lack of leadership skills and my refusal to feed Riley a raw meat…