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As we the people celebrate Veterans Day and rightly salute those who chose to serve the citizens of this country by taking up arms and being the first line of defence that no enemy may cross, I would ask that we spare a thought or two for the millions of people who are often quietly standing in the shadows and whose service and sacrifice is usually taken for granted. These are not the ones who…

One of my favourite segments on Jon Stewart's "The Daily Show" was the bit at the end where he'd offer up a rather humourous and often satirical take on something that was mentioned during the show. It was introduced by "here's your moment of Zen". I had one this morning and it absolutely blew my mind just how much things have changed in the past few months. I wasn't quite expecting a moment of Zen…

I wasn't quite sure I could believe my eyes when the alerts started coming in fast and furious that heralded the welcome news that after 26 years of futility and anguish, the Atlanta Braves are once again World Series Champions. I just couldn't watch Game 6. Not after I had broken my unwritten rule and watched bits of Game 5 to see the grand slam in the first inning only to come back later and…

In my sister's birthday post a few days ago, I admitted that I'd been asking for a sister well before my mother and stepfather were married. It wasn't that I was implacably opposed to having a brother but rather the idea that little sisters were just a lot more interesting. The boy thing...been there, done that, not much mystery left if you catch my drift. A little sister, OTOH...that's terra incognita worthy of exploring. Halloween…

This morning's fun started out with a quick trip up the road to the garage to have the brakes mended after dropping Katie and Alex off at school. I honestly can't remember the last time the Traverse had a brake job. Seriously...I know she's had one in the distant past, possibly two but the brakes have held up remarkably well thanks to primarily driving on the motorways and using the engine braking more often than…

A few weeks ago, I spoke of a sister that I had never known other than by very rare mentions after watching a streamed performance of the play "Still. Birth." co-written by Robyne Parrish who at one point was the boss of the sister I'm writing to you about tonight. That of course is my sister Meghann who celebrates her birthday today and who I wish to have many happy returns of the day. I'll…

Every day, the headlines seem to be getting darker and grimmer almost by the minute. Hyper-polarisation of our political arena full of extremists on both ends of the spectrum screaming past each other rather than thoughtfully considering the other side's position and coming to some sort of a reasonable compromise in the middle. You know, kinda like we used to do in the not-so-distant past called the 1990s when you'd have politicians in the Senate…