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When in Rome, do as the Roman’s do. Well, our Roman Murray Wolfe arrived 3 weeks early on April 8, 2025, but otherwise a healthy 6 pounds 2 ounces. He had a couple minor setbacks, but arrived home on April 20 – a day of joy for all of us. Handsome like his Papa! Welcome…

Ahh, the joys of aging. If you are a man, you will know what I am talking about. You suddenly discover a 2 inch hair growing out of your nose. Where did that come from? It wasn’t there yesterday! Oh and that eyebrow hair that is wrapped around your glasses? That happened overnight. How does…

It was 1980 and I was newly married and living in Lindsay Ontario. It had been a long year and many life changing adjustments were underway. Aylmer and Malahide Telephone Company (later Amtelecom, and later yet, Eastlink), had bought Cambray Telephone Company, just a few kilometres north of Lindsay. Cambray was the last “common battery”…

I tend to stay away from politics on this platform. It was intended to be light, self deprecating, and from time to time, thought provoking. I don’t like to get into my political leanings, and respect that others have different views than I. Frankly it makes me uncomfortable to have a conversation with others on…

“The golden years are not so golden”. I have heard this many times over my life, tongue in cheek from some, deadly serious from others. Not everyone ages the same, has the blessing of good health, or the ability to travel and have loving family surround them. But my goodness, how much better can life…

I went ice skating over the weekend. I really couldn’t say no, though I was quite nervous – scared really – that I would fall on my keister and embarrass myself. I even wore a bulky hat in the event I fell and hit my head. At this age, I don’t need a concussion. You…

With apologies to Katrina and the Sunshine Band! If you scroll through social media, there is an entire cottage industry, advising on all manner of things we go through on a day to day basis. How to handle day to day life, how to be happy, how to avoid depression, how to turn the other…

With apologies to Katrina and the Sunshine Band! “Walking on Eggshells” has the potential to be a hit country song. After all, that is where heartbreak is laid bare. We spend a lot of time worrying about what others think of us. What part of our brain decides that what other people say, or how…

Ahhh the end of another year and beginning of a new chapter, a blank canvas, with which to write a new story. I have a lot to be thankful for, as a husband, father, and grandfather. I wish we could all be as gracious and appreciative to others all year round, rather than making a…

I am approaching 70 like a freaking freight train! I have heard a lot about these so called “golden years”. My parents used to talk about them in derogatory tones. We self flagellate with desultory lines like “there is nothing golden about the damn golden years” – promptly hike up our pants, let our big…