Distractions? What distractions?

Distractions? What distractions?

Driving through fog, especially the freezing kind we encountered in Alberta in January, is wearying but also dangerous. A race car driver here in the US is experiencing brain fog as a result of a serious concussion from a wreck and is not yet cleared to race. People...
It’s Filed Under ‘T’ for ‘The’

It’s Filed Under ‘T’ for ‘The’

I have good news and I have bad news (I think). The good news is – that name?, that book title?, the author of that book?, that word ‘on the tip of your tongue’? – none are forgotten! They’re all in there, somewhere! The bad news is that our ‘filing...
To breathe a Kingdom

To breathe a Kingdom

You’ve probably heard it, too: ‘If these walls could talk.’ In the case of centuries-old buildings, wouldn’t it make fascinating listening/reading if they could tell the stories of the people who inhabited their rooms? If they were residences, the families who lived...
Just around the bend there

Just around the bend there

In the days when cars had wide bench seating in (front and) back, before car seats were mandatory and before seatbelts were a thing, it was a regular occurrence for several kids to be able to fall asleep in the space available to them. The ‘way backs’ in station...
The high road or the low road?

The high road or the low road?

What a huge difference traveling by car as opposed to traveling by air! Air travel is done on an airline’s schedule: flight leaves 6 AM, arrive at airport 4 AM, leave home by 3 AM, get out of bed by 2 AM (or else!), pack carefully to fit in everything that will be...