Generations

I think if we were honest, in our younger days, the stories of our grandparents, maybe even our parents about the “olden days” don’t really seem relevant to us. It seems too far away, too distant and we think mostly if not exclusively about the future. 10 year olds think about being 12, and 20…

Have you had enough?

My first job, full-time, was in 1975. That’s 50 years ago. Wow! Since then I’ve been employed most of that time. Selling shoes, selling film and cameras, provincial government employee, Salvation Army officer, to name some of them. Now working in retirement, I have been, for the most part, happy in what I do. But…

It’s October

Tonight the cameras are showing snow falling on the roads leading into the mountains. It won’t stay but it signals that the season is changing. Nothing stops the calendar. Do you remember getting ready for Y2K? How about the attacks on September 11? Do you remember when Apollo 11 landed on the moon? Okay that…