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: day to day
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…
Famous or Infamous: That is the Question: Not Being Charles Manson; Not Being Hitler; Not Being a Creative Writing Teacher; Wedding Planning; My Stars
Mike cheekily said of my fame: He: I don’t think you are famous, I think you are infamous Me: I will have to look that up – you may be right. So now I have…
An Ode to Hottie Accompanied by a Video of the Star System; Reflections Upon Being the General of Sass
Today i think I might post twice which is a first – perhaps second. I recall may have happened once before when there was something profound to announce. This time it is being done as…
The Passing of the Ebullient Mood: Granny Alexis; the Presence of Men in My Life; More from Deep Survival; Some Nuptial News and a Coat Rack
The ebullient mood of the day before passed for no good reason. In fact two joyous things had happened the day before. The efficient research department at the Vancouver Public Library informed that they would…
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…
Sanguine Mood That Turned Ugly; Exposing Liars; Prime Minister Alexis McBride; Not Being a Door Mat; News and a Video from the Equinox
I am in a sanguine mood, The definition of sanguine is as follows: optimistic or positive, especially in an apparently bad or difficult situation: he is sanguine about prospects for the global economy the…
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…
David Brooks Reports That Enlightenment Man has Blinkers; A Walk to the Library That Ended in a Fire Alarm and Then Nachos
The blog of February 28, 2018 relied heavily upon the wisdom of David Brooks but there was more to be found on the Internet. In another article Brooks asked students at the University of Chicago…