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O Be Joyful

Economics , Family , Life Experience , Travel
Posted on December 20, 2020December 20, 2020
As the Winter Solstice approaches again, with its short gloomy days and frozen nights, I am reminded that Dec. 21 also will mark the 16th anniversary of my retirement. This year has seemed almost...

Mr. Oates Turns 6

Family , Life Experience , Pets
Posted on November 10, 2020November 10, 2020
Or at least he will on Nov. 11. He’s still a handsome dude as he enters middle age. A face to die for and a shiny ginger coat. He’s put on a few grams...

Can It Be That It Was All So Simple Then

Family , Life Experience
Posted on October 27, 2020October 27, 2020
What can you say about a year whose best feature is that you have to cash in your RRSP for a RRIF? Well, there have been some significant anniversaries already in this COVID tinged...

Super Seven

Family , Life Experience
Posted on October 16, 2020October 16, 2020
She’s quite a singer and dancer, my youngest grandchild. Although Susannah is technically the baby in the family, she is well past that stage as she celebrates her 7th birthday today. She’s not too...

Mesh

Economics , Family , Hobbies , Life Experience , Technology
Posted on October 5, 2020October 5, 2020
It’s been a long time since I just had one computer hooked up to the Internet. I suppose it was probably in 2002 – just before Sarah brought her stuff home after graduating with...

One More Time

Family , Life Experience
Posted on October 1, 2020October 1, 2020
Your mother asked me if I was feeling old because once again the baseball season is over, the leaves are turning color, and another anniversary is on the horizon. Yes to all of the...

In the Cloud

Economics , Family , Hobbies , Life Experience , Technology
Posted on September 21, 2020September 21, 2020
Since 1982 I have had some sort of “local computing” capability. Mind you the earliest stuff was pretty primitive. Limited software, limited storage, slow processing. But it worked. I couldn’t really get into “cloud...

Midcentury Journey

Family , Life Experience , Travel
Posted on September 12, 2020September 12, 2020
Well, not quite – but he’s getting there. Today marks another birthday for Dave and the kids have been getting ready for it most of the week. It’s been a busy six months for...

Second Decade

Family , Life Experience , Pets
Posted on August 23, 2020August 23, 2020
On August 24, Veronica has a significant anniversary as she completes the first decade of life and embarks on the second. Ahead of her are a pretty important and fun-filled ten years – secondary...

Does It Matter?

Economics , Life Experience , Technology
Posted on August 20, 2020August 20, 2020
My great-uncle Eddy spent his working life shoveling coal, or wrestling with the controls of a variety of steam locomotives. When he passed away in 1956 his favorite loco was a dinosaur, on the...

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