Waking Up Sad, In Spite of Everything
Sometimes I do not understand my psyche, I have taken to waking up sad – full of dread and emptiness. There is no reason for this. Things are going so well. I learned that I…
Category: Art and Culture
The Joys of Take Out; A Family Celebration; My Trumpiness; The Fate of the Umbrellas; Canada’s Most Dangerous City; A Text Exchange and Future Topics Including New Wedding Plans
New readers may not be aware of this salient fact BUT I always tell the truth and the things reported actually do happen to me. It is highly unlikely, occasionally improbable, but is reality. Truth…
I Was Not Drunk Honest; Being Out There, An Interesting Conversation with a Little Boy and English Woman; Hitler’s Willing Executioners
On Saturday morning my Juno “acceptance award” speech was aired on the blog. Cousin Gail and I were talking on the phone. Me: So this video got posted on the blog. I sent it to…
Art Appreciation at the Vancouver Art Gallery; Eyebrow Symmetry; Emily Carr Paints and Writes; A Naked Man
Seasoned readers know that my appreciation of art can take complex forms. I lived near the Tate Britain in London from June 2016 to March of 2017, made many trips to that glorious institution, co-authoring…
An E Day; The Famous Alexis McBride; Back at the Trump: Hottie Steals My Glasses; and a Fellow Blogger
Yesterday was definitely an E day – Exuberant, Enthusiastic, Ebullient, Ecstatic, Exquisite (but not Erotic, one cannot have everything ,particularly at my age). This is, honest to goodness, how it began. I got in the…
Making a New Friend; The End of a Fictionalized Story Involving a Bride and a Groom; a Video Showing the Results of a Make Over of Me
Yesterday at the Equinox I made a new friend. We hung out for ages talking. We were both suffering from the same experience in that all of our gym buddies were guys. I do have…
The Schizophrenia of Vancouver; A Paradox; Good Bye to Many; a Conversation with my Cousin and Even More
This is, as far as I am concerned, an example of the schizophrenia of Vancouver. The other day I was leaving the Equinox and was attracted by a rally with signs and a loudspeaker. This…
The Chattiest Day Ever With a Lot of Snow but a Compliment on My Hat from a Conductor and a Cellist; Getting a Coveted Appointment; Accompanied by a Selfie with the Hat
Looking back on yesterday, it was weird beyond belief! It was snowing and cold and awful. But somehow that made it cheerier because I just talked to everyone. I chatted up at least ten people…
A Formal Announcement But Little Else Because I am Too Lazy to Blog Today; but a Video taken on Granville Street on February 2, 2018
The February 9, 2018 blog discussed that I had a new nickname to a nearby guy and I called myself the SHITS. He loved it, absolutely loved it. But this began as a difficult day…
Winning An Old Battle; Jealousy; Scenes from the Doctor Appointment; A Joke; a New Nickname for a Special Guy and a Comedy Poster
I did have a life before London so technically the blog should read London and Beyond and Before, but it doesn’t. I battled for the retention of Defined Benefit Retirement Plans – the kind that…