Just a thought… Oh! I have breached the surly bonds of earth… put out my hand and touched the face of God. [John Gillespie Magee, “High Flight”] Our sweet smiling dad took his final breath this morning. After a few days of steadily declining health, the man who taught me more about accepting what life
Just a thought… Life is full of awe and grace and truth, mystery and wonder. I live in that atmosphere. [Dion DiMucci] Well, for once I have a valid excuse if there are typos or any other oddities in today’s blog: on Thursday in Victoria I had a cataract removed and a new lens put
Just a thought… Old age is an excellent time for outrage. My goal is to say or do at least one outrageous thing every week. [Maggie Kuhn] It’s 7-7 – Ringo Starr’s 85th birthday. Now that is old age – not you or I, my friend! In honour of one of the last two remaining
Just a thought… When dealing with the insane, the best method is to pretend to be sane. [Hermann Hesse] In one week I’ll mark six years of sobriety. We call it a “birthday” and it means that I’m past the halfway point of the longest period of not drinking that I accomplished (10 years) before
Just a thought… …all plans, safeguards, policing, and coercion are fruitless. We find that after years of struggle that we do not take a trip; a trip takes us. [John Steinbeck] Boy, it can be hard to leave Vancouver Island. But not for the reasons you think! Last Wednesday, for the second time in a