Easter weekend was busy. It was also a lot of fun as all three grandkids came visiting. The granddaughters were a tad disappointed because an Easter-egg hunt in Toronto that they had planned to attend earlier in the day was canceled because of unrelenting rain. As grandparents, it was incumbent on us to step up …
Memory
Watch paint dry. Watch grass grow. We have heard these and similar expressions often and scoffed at both the idea and any one who would indulge in such “time pass” pursuits. Over the past week, I have done just this so to speak, albeit unintentionally. Old habits die hard while some become a part of …
A Butterfly’s Wings
In a land far, far away at a time not so long ago I was a young kid at school with many others. We used to have a “Social Studies” class that was taught by one of my favourite teachers, Miss MH. She was a portly, buxom lady with a “bob cut” hairstyle. Always impeccably …
Holi and Nowruz mubarak
Holi, known as the “Festival of Colors” was celebrated this year on March 20 and 21 around the world by people of Indian origin. It marks the end of winter and the start of spring. Old and young, men and women come together in a spirit of uninhibited fervor to meet and greet friends, family …
