Spring is not just in the air, there is a spring in our steps as well. It’s (finally!) starting to warm up and the mere sight of the sun-filled blue sky is enough to lift the spirit. “Tramp” poet Davies had pointed out “What is this life if, full of care, we have no time …
Hunting for treasures
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 …
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 …
Caravan of Migrants
Three years ago, at the time of launching my first blog on February 13, 2016 I had started with just an idea of where I wanted to go with this venture but had no inkling how long my “junoon” (madness/passion) would last. A friend had cautioned me to plan ahead, with enough material for at …