When you’re 70 it’s hard to imagine what life was like when you were 20. As David Crosby said famously – if you remember the 60s you probably weren’t there. In 1967 I was...
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Month: January 2017
Life Experience
and as a Canadian it’s probably not my place to do so here. But I did watch the Inauguration yesterday. The vision of America I heard expressed is not one I’ve experienced in...
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This past week I received the first payout from my Registered Retirement Income Fund. It marks the end of a 44 year history of accumulation and marks the decumulation and taxpaying phase of...
Life Experience
He’s growing into a tall young man, leaving his small boy years in the dust. He’s almost 8 you know – will be in a few days. Unlike his blonde and blue eyed...
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Life Experience
Your Inauguration day in 2009 was historic in more ways than one. It was also the birthday of my grandson and first grandchild. As Teddy celebrates his 8th birthday and as you...
Life Experience
I read an RBC economics report about Millennials recently. The gist of the argument is that they are doing just fine – in many ways they have better economic opportunities now than their...
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Probably there’s nothing in this modern world that labels you as quaint, eccentric, old school, a dinosaur – nothing quite as much as admitting you are a collector of fine china. That in fact...
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Pets
Let’s face it – at the end of the day Mr. Oates is Maria’s cat. He loves her best. He and I have our moments though. A key one every day is our...
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Soren Kierkegaard famously said that life must be lived forward but understood backward. And there’s no better place to do that than in a person’s working career. I can look back close to 48...
Life Experience
When a mass murder scene happens – as it does all too often nowadays – I can usually objectively detach myself from the situation. After all I wouldn’t normally be in a gay bar...