As I write this I am drinking the first coffee I've had in about a week. I am enjoying it, although I suspect that in about 30 minutes I'll be bouncing off the walls. When I'm sick with a cold, the taste of coffee turns me off. I am feeling better today, which is good, because our long weekend … Continue reading →

Did you do the Canada Fitness thing when you were in elementary school? I think it might have been part of the government-funded ParticipACTION program in the 1970s. It took place in school, during the school day. I had mixed feelings about torture that masqueraded as "physical fitness." On one … Continue reading →

It started with the neck. I tipped my head backwards on a kiddie ride and hurt it. Then, I got a cold. NOW I have pinkeye (in both eyes), a cough that would wake the dead, a stuffy nose, and my body is purging itself of mucous that's a shade of green I don't want to even think about, … Continue reading →