Alternative Music

Belated Happy Canada Day! And greetings to you all from US Independence Day! I used to live in Detroit and I loved that they had a week-long celebration of both holidays call Freedom Festival. The ship I was on would go out and anchor in the river to help enforce the...

Way to Go!

Well, summer is definitely here – officially with the Solstice last week as well as meteorologically with the temperatures we’ve experienced recently. And we’re getting our usual summer weather pattern with heat and humidity during the first part of...

O, No!

Happy Juneteenth everyone! I like this holiday for several reasons. First of course, is that it is a celebration of a truly happy event. Second, it is on a fixed date, so it will fall on a different day of the week each year. I kind of liked having my work week split...

Growth Spurt

I’ve had a bit of a whirlwind few weeks – a short but fun trip to the midwest last weekend to visit a dear friend, went to my niece’s high school graduation yesterday, and keeping busy with plenty of work. I’m looking forward to taking a break,...

Pairs of Portmanteaus

Happy June everyone. We all know how quickly time is marching on, so I won’t mention it, but we’re entering my least favourite time of year for the weather – hot and humid. There will still be a few periods of lovely, sunny, clear, dry days and cool...

Kapow!

Sorry for skipping last week – no travel or anything interesting – just several extra long days at work that kept me from even looking at my personal email until Friday. I hope everyone was able to enjoy the recent holiday weekends and get your summer off...