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One of the things I love to do is walk and pray, early in the morning. My asthma keeps me from walking too much during the winter, but I have always taken long morning strolls during the summer, More ... June is such a splendid month. Summer comes rolling in and the good (warm) weather gets a real grip on our part of the world. The festivals, summer theatres and concerts and parties begin and the summer tradition of enjoying ourselves, indoors and out, takes hold of our entire culture. More ... Of all the criticisms leveled by the media and political opponents at Conservatives, the most persistent is that they want to "impose" their "narrow" views upon the unsuspecting populace. More ... Any contest to pick the nicest guy in the Ontario legislature probably would wind up with Ernie Parsons as the winner. Parsons has been Liberal MPP for a riding centred on Belleville for the last eight years and is not much known by the general public. More ... I heard an interview a few days ago with the coordinator of a volunteer organization which sews and donates tiny shrouds and bonnets for stillborn babies. As macabre as it may sound, this important service gives parents the opportunity to dress their child with respect, to mourn, grieve, and say goodbye with a knowledge that someone cares about their anguish. More ... Among other bygones I remember alphabet soup. Was that from my own childhood or that of my children - or grandchildren? I haven't seen that estimable comestible lately. Have Campbell's and Heinz abandoned that primary educational project, thereby contributing to the lamentable decline of literacy among our youth? Whatever! More ... My fifth book hits the stands this week. The last minute details are always stressful, making sure that everything is put in place ahead of the book launch. OK, it may not be on the same scale as the prelaunch activity for the space shuttle, but then again, I am not likely to ever have to experience that kind of stress. More ... 100 YEARS AGO Thursday, May 30, 1907 + Dr. Frederick William Lewis, of Orangeville, the Conservative member of the Ontario Legislature for Dufferin, died suddenly at the Queen's Hotel in Toronto last Friday morning. For two or three days before his death he had been complaining of feeling unwell, but it was not thought that his condition was all that serious. More ... |
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