Category Archives: essay

bin here, bin filled, bin gone

Posted on November 13, 2006 by

A major item on the to do list got done last week. The cottage was built in 1969/70 here on Georgian Bay. A few years later a one car garage kit was put up as a boathouse/storage building. Since the … Continue reading →

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strange men with leaf blowers….

Posted on November 1, 2006 by

My surprise of the year was yesterday when I heard a symphony of leafblowers, not just my next door neighbour. I peered out and saw a crew attacking the million or so leaves on my lawns. This was a pleasant … Continue reading →

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annual big garbage item day – saying goodbye to the old green couch

Posted on June 20, 2006 by

yesterday was the once a year big garbage day in my township. We are allowed to put out metal items and other large items for garbage pick up on this one day in the year. The township says the limit … Continue reading →

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vandals hit cemetery

Posted on June 18, 2006 by

got a group alert message from the local neighbourhood watch earlier this week….vandalism in the village cemetery…. My father is buried in the Catholic cemetery in the village. So I drove over and walked up the hill to check on … Continue reading →

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the great file hunt – this year’s time

Posted on June 16, 2006 by

Once again I affirmed my basic human frailty and inability to reform and become an organized adult person. (Setting down the self-flagellation device), I don't want to hurt my elbow. There is something that I choose to renew annually and … Continue reading →

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a wish list

Posted on June 9, 2006 by

I wish there were fewer mosquitoes, although I understand that birds eat them, I just wish they would eat faster. I wish I had not got fertilizer put on the lawns, since they are growing at a ferocious rate and … Continue reading →

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American Politics – a crash course (CARO on LBJ)

Posted on June 4, 2006 by

I'm about halfway through re-reading Vol. 3 of Robert Caro's biography of Lyndon Baines Johnson. If you ever wanted to learn about politics, read this 3 volume biography. Along with the incredibly fascinating view of LBJ and his pursuit of … Continue reading →

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morning on Georgian Bay

Posted on June 2, 2006 by

I am looking out my front window at 5:40 a.m. and the sun has just risen over the horizon, over the trees on the island to the east here on Georgian Bay. There is a sky with cloud bands so … Continue reading →

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10 things I think about life

Posted on June 1, 2006 by

1. I think life is a gift. 2. I think Life used to be a great magazine. 3. I think life is not a rehearsal, but I don’t seem to be getting my script pages early enough in advance. 4. … Continue reading →

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midnight rambling

Posted on May 27, 2006 by

"Nothing changes if I don’t change." I must remember to write that down. "Consistency may be a criminal act." I think I'll just hope to memorize that one. Balancing self-inflicted contradiction on the end of my nose is my new … Continue reading →

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