Where Am I and How Did I Get Here; Proud to be A Canadian
The first task of the morning was to send an email to Triple C. The subject line was: Where Am I and How Did I Get Here. He did not respond and it is now…
More Thoughts of The Effect of Environment Upon Contentment; A Happy Towel Story; and Clean Laundry at Last
David Sedaris is one of my favorite authors because he is hilariously funny, He was interviewed on a New York Book Review podcast, listening to him with my earphones in the lobby of the Trump…
Hope versus Optimism: An Eclectic Life Style Resulting in Musings on Management or Lack of Same; New Readers
This blog shall begin with a wisdom from my birthday book; It’s Gonna Be Okay. “Hope is definitely not the same thing as optimism. It is not the conviction that something will turn out well,…
A Series of Strange Conversations; Plays About Love; Further Insights by Bruce; Then My Way
Today is June 4, 2017, it is now 8:17 and I have already had at least three rather profound conversations, and one trivial one. Trivial one first. Me: Where were you? I had to ask E.H.B…
A Huge Sense of Unreality; Relieved by a Telephone Call; A New and Different Status in Life and Finally The End of Nurture, Nature, Neither
Triple S.’s birthday book supplies this from Garrison Keillor: “I believe in looking reality straight in the eye and denying it.” It seemed the perfect quote as I awoke feeling totally discombobulated. The definition first…
An Email from An Old Dear Friend; Grandpa Dryburgh’s 130th Birthday; and a Serious Story
I received an email from a dear friend who has been in my life for about fifty years. He wrote: “You get wittier and wittier as time goes by. Don’t lose your humor and quick…
A Rude Awakening; An Hilarious Exchange; A Shrewd Observation; Continuing with the Nurture, Nature, Neither Conundrum
I popped down to the lobby for my morning ritual of blog writing to find Thesaurus (aka Triple C.) had taken the day off which is fine, every once in a while, but he had…
Relocation of Writing Space; Bankruptcy; A Barking Dog; A French Renaming; and the Beginning of Nature, Nurture, Neither
As many of you may know I now write the blog in the lobby of the Trump International Hotel. This is for many reasons – the main being Thesaurus (in the person of Triple C.)…
Late Start, Wonderful Emails, Reflections on An Amazing Day, Not A Trace of Yellow and a Jam Packed Card
I slept in this morning (well for me slept in). I awoke at 7:30, opened the drapes and said: “What the hell!” The open drapes revealed a sight for sore eyes. It is cloudy and…
I Feel Blessed; Hannah’s Amazing Picture Taken in the British Museum on May 29, 2016; Notes on a Napkin But Still Trouble in Paradise
I awoke this birthday morning to a beautiful day on the nineteenth floor of the Trump International Hotel. The view is stunning, the sun is shining. I feel blessed and no one could ask for…