Far and away
My last big trip was two years ago. I did Holland, Germany, Austria and Hungry with my 82-year-old dad. We stayed in a hotel in Amsterdam, just down the street from Anne Frank’s hideout. I listened to...
View ArticleJanis
Photo: Still searching for credit I just discovered Janis Joplin. It only took me 40 years and three Dick Cavett CD’s to realize what a comet she was. My four year old self said she was a bad lady....
View ArticlePrintemps
Orange tulips smell like oranges. In a loud way. Purple tulips … you guessed it. They smell like grape! Not real grape, grape popsicles. I have no idea why this is so. But it’s marvellous.
View ArticleThe Champ
I briefly experienced Muhammad Ali’s dynamism and generous personality. It was 1986, my high school prom, and word spread on the dance floor that Muhammad Ali was staying in a room at the hotel we had...
View ArticleSelfie Nation
Photo Credit: Barbara Kinney/Hillary for America “It’s not in my DNA to be self-promotional,” said the Gen X’er.
View ArticleColour variations
I obsess over colour. I stare until I’m forced to blink. Then I stare some more. Do you see the atomic lift off in the yellow? Pure magic.
View ArticleFlesh tones
The only thing I remember about colour mixing from grade school is: red + blue = purple. I’m guessing you also discovered that the result was an ugly, muddy maroon, not the Tyrian purple worn by Roman...
View ArticleLake Ontario
Lake Huron rolls, Superior sings In the rooms of her ice-water mansion Old Michigan steams like a young man’s dreams The islands and bays are for sportsmen And farther below Lake Ontario Takes in what...
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