Don’t wait for a four leaf clover – make your own luck.

Some people will go their entire lives without finding a four- leaf clover, regardless of the effort spent trying to look.  Legend has it that finding one, especially accidentally, will bring good luck to the finder.  The legend also says that each leaf stands for something – one leaf for hope, one for faith, one [...]

Aftermath

While in my kitchen Wednesday, washing dishes, I looked out into my backyard and saw a dandelion at least one foot tall, wagging it’s jaunty yellow head madly about in the wind.
Where the hell did that come from, I wondered. I honestly hadn’t noticed it before and I spend a good portion of the day in [...]

Sometimes, there are no happy endings.

Her name was Gerda.
Gerda was a hard-talking, cigarette-puffing, trucker swearing kind of gal. What you saw was  exactly what you got, and if she didn’t like you, you would hear about it pretty damn fast.  She would straighten up and look you right in the eye and size you up to see what you were made of. [...]

You CAN find amazing talent in the most unassuming places…and Susan Boyle proves it.

Despite the fact I entered and won the first ever CKNW Talk Show Idol contest, I’m not a real fan of this kind of reality program. Sometimes, it is just too much. At the beginning of this clip, one can see how the judges are thinking that this woman is going to be a joke. [...]

The pursuit of happiness

He stood in the line up of impatient people, the only one patiently waiting to board the bus. A small plastic bag was clutched in his hand, and as he lurched onto the first step at the front, I could see the bus driver recoil and wave his hand at him.
It did not go un-noticed by the [...]

Don’t wait for your expiry date to run out… Read this account from a fellow blogger and then go live a little…

From www.swimupstreamlife.com, the site that helps me keep my head above water when I feel like I’m going it alone…in the opposite direction.
Thursday, February 26, 2009

4 months to live.

Today, I wanted to share a personal story. I hope you have the time to read it and think about how much you enjoy your life right [...]

If Christmas is so wonderful, why is everyone acting so nuts?

It happens every year.
The second Halloween is over, the stores start in on the Christmas decorating. The advertisements start creeping into the evenings television shows. Anxiety takes over and the rest is downhill from there.Next thing you know your creepy relative is leching on you while he’s drunk at the family Christmas. Someone is disagreeing in [...]

Baby,it’s ( going to be) cold outside… this and more, as I talk about the RCMP and why I love Christmas…

Or so I hear, anyways.
 As I sat wrapped in a blanket while the heat from my Kenyan coffee worked its magic in my veins, my eyes widened in disbelief over the Weather Channels forecast for the week ahead….- 15c ?  -17c?  Hello!! I double checked online to ensure that some screw-up had not been made, but [...]

Make every day a day for remembrance.

Growing up with my grandparents , Nani and Poppa, provided me with childhood memories that would make others jealous. They were young enough to goof around, go camping, stay up late and have fun. They spoiled my brother and I rotten, but I’m glad to say that i had a three year head start on him….and [...]

The Last Lecture

If a friend asked me what one book,movie or video they should watch before anything else in life, it would be ,without a doubt, The Last Lecture.
A few months ago, CNN ran a story about a fellow by the name of Randy Pausch, a professor from Carnegie Mellon University.
 Randy was an amazing man.
 An excerpt from his [...]