It Was Fifty Years Ago Today…
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. […]
I Don’t Normally Do Politics…
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 […]
The Long and Winding Road
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 […]
Dear Mr. President
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 […]
Better Off?
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 […]
Good China
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 […]
Afternoon Nap
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 […]
Job…Profession…Vocation
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 […]
When It Gets Personal
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 […]