Meander

The days are beginning to blend. With no regularly scheduled activities in the outside world the days begin to run into each other, broken only by Attila’s occasional day off work. It reminds me of summers during my childhood, when weeks passed without any contact with the outside world, and days grew slowly along with… Continue reading Meander

I want, I want, I want!

Thursday I worked a full day with a wonderful woman. I find that I look forward to any day I am working with her. She is diligent, intelligent, has oodles of common sense and is basically kind hearted. There are no unnecessary confrontations with customers on her watch and she breezes through sales interactions with… Continue reading I want, I want, I want!

Chimney Sweep, among other things…

Attila and I had a lovely Thanksgiving weekend. Attila worked Saturday, as usual. After he arrived home we packed a few belongings into the car and headed for the little house in the city. The drive was wonderful! The leaves on the Canadian Shield are at their peak of colour, and it was quite a… Continue reading Chimney Sweep, among other things…

“Jocko’s Sadness”

I read the book Brother Fish, by Bryce Courtney, with interest. It was an engaging book, although most of the female characters were rough sketches. One of the significant concepts in the book was the camaraderie born of shared traumatic experiences, in this case the Korean War. The characters, once depending on one another for… Continue reading “Jocko’s Sadness”