Jun 6, 2021
Horror in the name of God
How sad that it took the discovery of the bodies of 215 kids in unmarked graves at a Residential School for Indians to shake up a...
May 27, 2021
When the truth hurts in health care
While their colleagues pussyfoot around and speak in tongues, we have a group of six Manitoba doctors to thank for shaking things up and...
May 14, 2021
Dear Diary:
I have chosen to unload on you because I don’t want to impose on family and friends who have suffered enough from my mood swings and...
Apr 29, 2021
Is anybody in charge here?
As the pandemic has dragged on for more than a year and continues to gain speed and wreak havoc, my emotions have ricocheted from...
Apr 16, 2021
Staging be damned !
The day will come when it’s time to sell our house and I will become known in the real estate trade as the client from hell. Over the...
Apr 10, 2021
Will this nightmare ever end ?
Martin Luther King had a dream about a civilized and kinder world. Recently, I’ve have had recurring nightmares about a world gone mad. I...
Apr 3, 2021
An Easter miracle…now leave him alone!
Covid-19 is the Grinch that stole Thanksgiving and Christmas and Valentine’s Day and countless precious family events this past year. But...
Mar 26, 2021
Sadly, no gathering of the clans
Damn this pandemic. It has made living harder for everyone----and it has made dying harder, too. In recent months we have lost several...
Mar 19, 2021
Pups, popcorn and pjs….
What people really need to know about the pandemic is that it’s okay to lick your plate, wear the same clothes for days on end and eat...
Mar 9, 2021
Laugh or cry….pick one
I promised myself I would steer away from politics in this blog but that’s like my Mom trying to swear off sports at the age of 92...