Category Archives: personal

Can Madness Link Two Lives?

Elizabeth Thorpe (May 17, 1963) This is awkward, to say the least: my sister, Elizabeth is schizophrenic. She has been this way since her late teens, blaming our mother for hypnotizing her and thereby allowing the Devil to enter her … Continue reading

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Our Back Garden is Changing Again

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Foreshadowing: Like a Scene from “The Birds”…

Seagulls in Silhouette

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Our Virginia Creeper is Just Starting to Turn Colour

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Evidently, the Sumac Leaves have Changed by 30%

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“How Come I Always Get the Tail End?”

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As Seen on Facebook This Morning:

Be Kindness

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I Told You that We were Programmed, too

Lies My Mother Told Me This looks like I’m going for the humour of the situation, but, instead, I’m trying to demonstrate how simple it was for you to buy into a long tradition of your ‘mother’s wise words’. Take … Continue reading

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I Voted Today at an Advanced Poll

People’s Party of Canada No, I didn’t make a mistake: although this (under-represented) political party is ultra-right, the local General Election candidate is the least-worst choice of a bad bunch. My wife chose a candidate from a different political party … Continue reading

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And Now I Know Why I’ve Always Loved This Piece

The Himalayan Wave

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