More family thoughts

Just $1.41 per liter was the price of gas this morning at Costco. I was quite delighted by that price but isn’t that crazy? It wasn’t all that long ago I was paying $1.09 or close to that. After picking up some gas I stopped at the store to pick up fresh bread and that…

Father’s Day

I miss my Dad very much. I’m okay with that, it’s the natural order of things and he was a wise, kind, gentle soul whose words and example impacted me greatly. But I’m a Dad and I just want to say this Father’s Day that I love being a Dad. I wish both my boys…

A tribute to a Dad

I suppose I might describe myself historically as falling into the conservative camp – that is politically. Not the modern definition of conservatism but that of Stanfield, Clarke and Mulroney. So I was interested in the funeral service for Brian Mulroney. A state funeral in Canada isn’t that frequent an event so all the more…