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February 22, 2018

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…

February 22, 2018

A Sunny Way to Start the Day; Rethinking Poverty; A Russian Guy; Strike Three and You are Out and a Video of Talking Stick Festival. 

I woke up, read my blog and fired off the following email to my computer guru, Chris. Me: Hello, It was such a joy to open up my blog and there I was! It can be…

February 19, 2018

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…

February 17, 2018

Oh, What a Beautiful Morning (an Example of Dryburgh Sarcastic Wit); Unlikely Email Exchanges; Three Examples of Canadian Caring; and a Video of a Blabber Mouth

I awoke to an email from high school and university friend Lynne: She: Politics – (can be) fun to argue, difficult to convert. Me: Please, my favorite intellectual,  contrast politics and religion. Religion fun to…

February 9, 2018

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…

February 8, 2018

I Lead the Weirdest and Most Wonderful Life With Multiple Ups and Downs and a Huge Instagram Following As Well

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…

February 4, 2018

Back In the Saddle; A Volunteer Opportunity Involving A Beanie, An Umbrella and Feeling Like a Prostitute 

Well that got your attention didn’t It? I will proceed in the order of the title you see before you. Back in the saddle refers to the fact that I am back in Vancouver following…

February 22, 2017

Fighting With Mario In Cyberspace, Hamlet And Part Two Of Falling In And Out Of Love

I had the best fun last night. Mario, my friend for almost fifty years and I had an email fight that went on for about forty five minutes. He lives in California and I am…

February 20, 2017

Confessing To Anxiety And Then Quoting From Emails About Summer Clothes And Kilts. A Joke About Sheep Concluding With A Rex Whistler Restaurant Review

I awoke this morning in an extremely anxious state and I am not sure why. I have developed the habit of waking up and immediately writing to post on this blog. I feel a huge…

February 19, 2017

I Believe A Sense Of Humor Is Inherited And That It Is A Dryburgh Trait. Proof Is Offered Through The Post Of February 8, 2017 And My Cousins’ Response

A snippet of background material is about to be provided for those who do not know me or my ‘new’ family the Dryburghs. Dryburgh is my birth name, hence it is hardly a new family…

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