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Child’s Play

“In the town where I was born Lived a man who sailed to sea, And he told us of his life, In the land of submarines.” — Yellow Submarine by The Beatles   I used to listen to tales of the high seas – actually Canada’s own Great Lakes – from sailors in my own…

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New Year’s 2012

Looking back, I spent most of my adult life working with one organization. And I was fortunate: both for being part of a ‘can do’ work culture, and by being surrounded by very talented people. That was one reality. Now that I’m on my own: I realize that it was also like living inside a…

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Kolton: Re-visited

Many may not realize just how pervasive music is with us. If you don’t think so, try thinking of just one of your favourite songs … right now. Can you also remember what you were doing and where you were, when you first heard it? You see, this is true for everyone and it starts…

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Music in Me – The Real Magic

For decades, acknowledged as one of the greatest electric guitarist ever, is the legendary American blues guitarist and singer-songwriter B.B. King – winner of everything the music industry and governments can bestow on an artist – including 15 Grammy Awards, the American Presidential Medal of Freedom … and my youngest daughter’s enduring adulation. Now this…

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A Father’s Call

There once was a man who became very sad whenever he called his father on Father’s Day. His father, who lived in a distant city, always took the opportunity to chastise the man for not calling more often. To this the son would say that it was a two way street, but refused to be…

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A Father’s Call

There once was a man who became very sad whenever he called his father on Father’s day. His father, who lived in a distance city, always took the opportunity to chastise the man for not calling more often. To this the son would say that it was a two way street, but refused to be…

Mothers are Forever

He wasn’t a bad guy; but when it came to raising a teenage son, he was totally ill-prepared to do so. What guy could? With his wife’s final decision to leave; and with me wanting to stay in our family home, we were stuck with each other. And I really couldn’t blame my mom either. After…

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