Friendships I have had many friendships in my life. Some over 50 years. In one’s lifetime your circle of friends change. Some as a result of life circumstances, some as a result of shifting world views, some simply as a result of family dynamics. Some friends leave your life and come back later, like nothing…

The Night the Lights Went Out I can’t pinpoint the specific date, but I was likely about 12 years old. The bus had dropped off high school students in front of Les Brown’s Hardware store. The sky was dark and threatened rain. There was a visitor at our house having a business discussion with my…

The Grandfatherhood I am finally a Grandfather. Put me in coach – I have been training for this all my life. We were blessed with our first grandchild this week, thanks to my amazing daughter Lauren and equally amazing son-in-law Mark. It goes without saying that little Benjamin is the most handsome, amazing, athletic, intelligent,…

The Storyteller Rick Seys and I have been best friends since 1981. We met on the steps of the Bell Canada switching hub on Clarence St in London Ontario. It is a 4 story gray stone slab building, double wide brass frame and glass doors and landscaping that looked like it came right out of…

How to Even Comprehend I vowed this blog would not be a forum for political discourse. But I need to rant. I have lived a charmed life, all things considered. I have never lived in a war zone. I have never gone hungry. I have always had a place to sleep and feel safe. I…

Humble Beginnings My father Merlyn was not the adventurous type. He was the 4th of 6 children of parents Bessie and Clarence Wolfe and had grown up just outside of Vienna on a beef farm. The furthest he moved from the family farm was about 5 miles. Dad was a momma’s boy and a committed…

Handling Firearms It was not unusual when I was a kid for a father to introduce his son to hunting at an early age. After all, rabbits, pheasants and deer were a means to an end in self sufficiency in lean times. My dad bought me a BB gun/air rifle for my 9th birthday and…

An Introduction Welcome to Wolfeish Musings, a forum to share stories of my life past and present, travels, anecdotes, experiences, insights, funny moments and more. I hope to keep the topics light and fun and possibly a little nostalgic. Perhaps it will spur others to share similar memories. Early Years I grew up in a…