Dolly Parton

Everyone is talking about it, her songs are being played everywhere I go and people are genuinely moved at the death of this lady. She’s someone to admire. She is wealthy, that’s for sure, but she has used her wealth to hire the people of her state, to fund vaccine research, to supply books to…

The Waters

With Father’s Day just past us, I’ve been thinking about my Dad, and his Dad. I’m the third-generation male Waters to live in Canada. Before that, they were all in the UK, seemingly coming from the area now known as Chatham, but from one of the towns that now make up that city, the town…

Morning

I really love mornings. I don’t know what it is, but come 6 am I just cannot stay in bed much longer. I am most often ready to get up, get the coffee made and take Nugget for a walk. And some mornings of course, are better for the latter than others. But even on…