Since publishing my post about finding new homes for our horses, many of our friends both real and virtual, have contacted us with concern.Thinking…
Sometimes the path to overcoming adversity means letting go of something that was a big factor in the start of that journey of recovery but…
Today I have to make an early start so this will be another short post. The cardiologist and other doctors who treated me after…
Between routine doctor’s appointments, preparations for the launch of the Woodstock Chapter of the Public Speakers Association, a Toastmasters contest next week and other offline…
The theme for my posts this month is Overcoming Adversity. From even the slightest exposure to the media, old or new, it is obvious…
A column in the National Post by Anne Applebaum writing from Poland on the similarities between the situation in Poland in 1939 and that in…
In the previous post, I suggested that reserves of resilience have declined as it has become easier to survive in modern societies. Since writing…
As a baby boomer it is too easy to fall into the “when I was young….” trap and condemn anything I don’t like as…
This post is a strange mixture of topics, but they hang together by a common thread of memories. Read on and you will discover the…
There is more than enough bad news to go around as we approach the end of a Northern Hemisphere summer. The relentless attacks on…