Free to Fly
I’m humbled for you allowing my little stories into your world. As Annie Erauax – awarded the 2022 Nobel prize in Literature said – “To write is to fight forgetting.” May we all be part of that better tomorrow! Thank you!
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Sweet Street Love – 2022
Almost a decade ago, I wrote about a street person who because his dog wasn’t welcome in soup kitchens or overnight shelters, would forgo eating and a secure night’s sleep. But, he was happy to do so. Happy?! Think about that for a moment. How many of us can endure the harshness of going hungry…
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Jan and Pete: A Love Story
“I met a girl who sang the blues And I asked her for some happy news But she just smiled and turned away” – American Pie by Don McLean This song rang through society’s collective consciousness when it was released as a number-one US hit, lasting four straight months in 1972. The refrain, “Bye-bye, Miss…
The Importance of Being Healthy
Persisting a few days, I was laid flat by something painful in my lungs… feeling like a pulled ligament or infection. Even small exertions left me with coughing spasms. I could barely breathe without touching off another bout. News reports tell of people being placed on round-the-clock hospital ventilators, having to struggle alone in the…
If I’m Right, Is Everyone Else Wrong?
Rev. Robert Rumball I met Reverend Bob and was immediately impressed by his no-nonsense direct manner of speaking – an ordained church minister playing professional football. He discovered that the deaf were suffering. His son, Derek Rumball, saying, “Our deaf community was marginalized because of the language barriers they face every day.” Bob created a…
Counting Life for Something More
It all began when a man from the church said their upcoming concert included a Stradivarius violin. Wow! Now that’s something that you don’t hear every day. Created and signed by Antonio Stradivari, they’re almost considered priceless. But, here’s the rub. According to the Smithsonian National Museum of American History, for centuries after his death,…
Sports: A training ground for life
Once, playing high school football, I remember running back the ball from our own 20 yard line – past the centre sideline where my coach and teammates were cheering me on – to within 20 yards of getting a touchdown… when something weird happened. When looking over my shoulder, I saw two guys trying to…
The More Things Stay the Same
I was re-visiting a 25 year old poem I wrote and was intrigued by how those words have, for me at least, stood the test of time. The poem is called Two Things and begins: Two things I have learnt in life, I wish we all could be. To neither desire untold riches, or the…
Problems in Paradise
“There are four people named Everybody, Somebody, Anybody and Nobody. There was an important job to be done and Everybody was asked to do it. Everybody was sure Somebody would do it. Anybody could have done it, but Nobody did it. Somebody got angry about that, because it was Everybody’s job. Everybody thought Anybody could…
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Are you happy?
Over the years, I’ve often wondered how it is that little things can make a big difference. Take the words “please” and “thank you” – my dad use to say that civility doesn’t cost you anything; and that you attract more flies with honey than you do with vinegar. If these things are true, then…
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