Think for yourself
I think, in all of history, this must be the time when people are most obsessed with being “independent”. It is an era of...
Words
I’ve been thinking a lot about words recently. Maybe it’s because I’ve been spending the past couple of weeks in Ireland, surrounded by two...
And so this is Christmas…
Everyone has a favourite Christmas carol or two. Some are older religious ones like “Away in a Manger” or “Joy to the World”. Others...
The circle game
I don’t know about you, but I’ve been hearing from a lot of people who are really quite tired of the debates about the...
The boys are back in town
Another year over, and a new one just begun... It used to be that a New Year involved looking back fondly on the year...
The Heart of a Town
I don’t know about you, but I’ve always liked small town downtowns. Whether it be on a day off when I was a camp...
Hello Goodbye
Well, that must be a record. After campaigning all summer, getting elected in October, sworn in as a Councillor on December 2, attending just...
Taxman
One of the more obvious outcomes of the current pandemic (yes, it’s still here) has been the fear that the world’s economies are going...
I remember you
It’s all about remembering on Remembrance Day, and phrases are used so easily: “Lest we forget”, or “We shall remember them”.These kind of sayings...
Pressing on
What a strange world we’re living in. One day, history books will be written about these days and the amazing global experience we’re all...