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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
When we last left off I had an appointment to be seen by a neurologist at a place near Vancouver General Hospital. I began the day by going to the gym. I was most upset…
Well, we left off at Play Day (see prior blog). I promised a trip to the library (did). While there I happened upon a book Conspiracies At Sea:Titanic and Lusitania. I did an Instagram of…