After a week of feeling discombobulated, sleep deprived and basically like a zombie with an…
Discombobulated
Discombobulated is a good word. I like it. It describes me quite well in the days following…
Gala
Once a year the Carpenter and I get dressed up fancy and go out. Together. In public.聽 Our annual…
Snow daze
Most people enjoy snow days like the one we had this week (and the week before, and the week before…
Windshield
Writer鈥檚 block is real.聽 My current life is uneventful. The Carpenter hasn鈥檛 provided any…
Like vs. love
Happy Valentine鈥檚 Day to all you lovers out there.聽 I am writing this column before…
Love, laugh, heal
You learn a lot about your family when you aren鈥檛 well enough to take care of them, like just how…
Hungry Heart
I was 10 years old when Bruce Springsteen released that hit single. The impression it made on me…
My promise
I didn鈥檛 make any New Year鈥檚 resolutions. I prefer my failures to be more random, less…
Dear 2019
Dear 2019, I realize you aren鈥檛 a person, more like a metaphysical concept, so let鈥檚 not get…
Post-Christmas syndrome
Post-Christmas syndrome is a thing. I have it. It鈥檚 the realization that the best holiday on the…
Fergus Santa
I met up with Santa Claus at a coffee shop in downtown Fergus a few weeks ago. He was holding court…
Merry flirting
The censorship of the holiday song聽Baby, it鈥檚 Cold Outside聽has me a little heated. Before I…
Bohemians
If I contributed anything of value to my children鈥檚 gene pool, I know it is a profound love of…
No mistletoe
Sometimes cynicism is a good thing, especially when I accept that it鈥檚 just pessimism without…