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Skating the Loop

It’s January 15th. We are halfway through the first month of 2025 and nearly a full month into winter, though you would never say it by the weather we have been having here in St. John’s, Newfoundland and Labrador. The temperature has barely dipped below zero celsius and then only on a hand full ofContinue reading “Skating the Loop”

It Will be an Early Spring This Year

I was looking at the Calendar on my kitchen wall this morning and noticed that, despite the weather here in St. John’s, Newfoundland, we will indeed be having an early spring this year; March 19 in fact. If this seems a little early to you, you’re right. In 2024 the sun will cross the equatorContinue reading “It Will be an Early Spring This Year”

Rediscovering Oysters

Prior to a few months ago it had been years since I’d had an oyster. So many years in fact that I could not remember how I felt about them. I was in my early twenties. I was in a bar somewhere (it seems a lot of my stories from my younger years start withContinue reading “Rediscovering Oysters”

Things to do Before I Die

Since about my late thirties or early fourties, since the idea of my own mortality became real to me, (this came about as the result of a diagnosis of bicuspid aortic valve disease) I have kept a list, the kind that has now commonly become know as a bucket list, though I have never usedContinue reading “Things to do Before I Die”

Moby Dick, Again. What Was I Thinking?

In a previous post, Top 10 List of Books That I Would Read A Second Time, My number one pick was Moby Dick, by Herman Melville. Recently, I did read it again, and all I can say now is, “What was I thinking”?

Bowl For Two

Like many people, music is a big part of my life. I love all kinds of music; from Mozart to Marley, from Glen Campbell to Slipknot, from Miles Davis to The Real McKenzies, from… well, you get the picture. My musical tastes are wide and varied. Where once I had a huge record collection, thenContinue reading “Bowl For Two”