August 17, 2025 I wish I’d learned to skateboard I never got the hang of skateboarding. I had one for some years and tried, for a while, to pick up at least the…
August 16, 2025 Finally squaring away boxed contents Our finally (FINALLY) clearing out my mother’s storage lockers has proven to be a bit contagious and has inspired us to also start clearing…
August 15, 2025 Blaugust check-in again “Hey, man.” Hmm? Oh, hey, Central Conceit. “That’s not my name, you know.” Oh. What is it? “Don’t muddy the issue. We’re half way…
August 14, 2025 Stressed today I’m feeling unusually stressed today. It’s no one thing, it’s a collection of smaller things that happen to have heaped onto this one day….
August 13, 2025 Too much of a good thing As I type this, I haven’t yet checked our lottery tickets for last night’s draw. You may be reading the blog of a multi-multi-millionaire…
August 12, 2025 Beaching it, day 2 *Reporting Live From Ipperwash Beach* I’d thought that today was going to be more about poking around beach town than being at a beach,…
August 11, 2025 Blogging from the beach *Reporting Live From Ipperwash Beach* We called an audible this morning and decided to try to shoot for a visit to an aunt’s place,…
August 10, 2025 The summer of rabbits and skunks and wasps and also rabbits I live near the Toronto shoreline in an area where we’re lucky enough to have various sized parks in easy walking and biking distance….
August 9, 2025 Expose yourself. Not like that. Today I was flashing back to a TV show idea that I’d gotten a few years back. It was about a single dad (I’m…
August 8, 2025 2-minute rule redux A couple of decades back I heard about someone’s suggestion for the “2-minute rule”. I used it for a while and then forgot about…