by Don Freeman | Feb 2, 2023 | Blog
On a recent flight taking off from a snowy Calgary, Alberta, Canada, our airplane climbed to a staggering 35,000 feet – over 6.6 miles above the earth! Well above the snow-laden clouds, observing uninterrupted, pristine blue sky, it seemed impossible to go any...
by Don Freeman | Nov 10, 2022 | Blog
How fond are you of statistics? For me, after two or three pie charts or percentages, my head starts spinning and the numbers blur. So, just one set for today: ‘How many words are there in the English language?’ According to one source, there are more than a million...
by Don Freeman | Nov 8, 2022 | Blog
It was just a quippy puzzle in a newspaper, but a voice, familiar and non-judgmental, challenged me to take a closer look at my solved riddle. It read something like this: ‘What do you call people with great power who are too lazy to do anything with it?’ The answer:...
by Don Freeman | Oct 13, 2022 | Blog
OK, so, here’s the problem. First off, there is this creepy, old, mostly unused bedroom. It smells fusty, like it has been closed-up for a century – or maybe longer. There is almost no light getting through the heavily curtained window and only a tiny bit more when...
by Don Freeman | Aug 2, 2022 | Blog
Her story isn’t pretty. Her mother died in childbirth. Her father did his best to care for her and married within a year so that she would have a mother figure to nurture her and care for her. But as sometimes happens in these blended families, after three further...
