Pedestrian push-back

When I walk down to my local post office I usually pick up litter along the way to dispose of it properly later. Today I was trying to cross the road at a designated pedestrian crossing - you know, the kind with a day-glow florescent bollard in the middle of the road and [...]

Birds….an apology

A few days back I wrote about the robins nesting right next to the backdoor of my house. At the time I thought they’d been spooked by all the activity and left. It turns out I was wrong. I’d made some comments about how, they, like us, tend to keep on doing things [...]

The Tipping Point

There is a time, a moment, when the tide, after pounding the shore, is at its point of change, and begins to ebb. There’s second when, as you push something heavy like a car stalled by the roadside, you feel it start to move and then to roll, and you find you can keep [...]

There’s something about Leonard….

Every concert has its concession stand with over-priced merchandise, and although Leonard Cohen’s merchandise people were no different the prices were neither grossly inflated nor were the tee shirts the usual rather crass offerings. My favorite was one that read ‘Beautiful Loser’.
Think about that for a moment. We’re all capable of being beautiful [...]