Mixing bowls

When Philip and Jason were in their teens we decided, well Wendy had foresight to suggest, that we should begin to get the boys some things that they would need when they were able to move out on their own. So one Christmas we bought them several things for the kitchen – measuring cups, kitchen…

In memory of Tom

This is the kind of television I grew up in… black and white, often with some fuzz or a lost connection…and Dad might say “Fred can you adjust the antenna? (no wonder I was the favourite) and the TV was 19 inches and sat on a TV stand… a long way from the 4K Ultra…

A different kind of poetry

It Couldn’t Be Done BY EDGAR ALBERT GUEST Somebody said that it couldn’t be doneBut he with a chuckle repliedThat “maybe it couldn’t,” but he would be oneWho wouldn’t say so till he’d tried.So he buckled right in with the trace of a grinOn his face. If he worried he hid it.He started to sing as…