"Ring out the false, ring in the true" - Alfred Lord Tennyson The road through 2017 has been one of ruts, potholes and sometimes just plain erosion. I usually approach New Years by taking the lessons I have learnt throughout the year to make myself better, not bitter but this year has been very challenging. … Continue reading 2017 The Year to Not Look Back
Month: December 2017
The Christmas Conundrum
"God bless us everyone" - Tiny Tim from Charles Dickens "Christmas Carol Christmas is a very mixed time for me. My analogy is like comparing a good White Spruce Christmas tree to an artificial tree. By the time I was sixteen I had spend eight Christmas's in the Children's Hospital and in my mind that … Continue reading The Christmas Conundrum
Blogging Isn’t Journalism
"Rational discussion is useful only when there is a significant base of shared assumptions" - Noam Chomsky I don't pretend to be a journalist but the world of social media has suddenly turned everyone with a keyboard into a "journalist". Just because I took a few journalism courses at school and had a column in … Continue reading Blogging Isn’t Journalism
A Disability of Convenience
"A people that values its privileges above its principles soon loses both" - Dwight D. Eisenhower I have been trying to remain non-political for a number of months now due, in part, to the sad state we find ourselves in politically. More so south of the border but also creeping into Canada yet again. When … Continue reading A Disability of Convenience
A Poster Child's Perspective 