The Lazy Days of Summer
“Summertime and the living is easy….” So says the song made famous by George Gershwin in his Porgy and Bess. That’s the myth of summer,...
Do I contradict myself? Very well then….
I had planned to post this blog last Friday. However, Friday, July 1 was Canada Day and I am happy to report that the weather was lovely...
The Frenchman and the Spaniard
In the fourth chapter (out of more than 100) of Alexandre Dumas’s The Count of Monte Cristo, the villainous supercargo (purser) of the...
The Big Bang (for your buck)
I have yet to meet a business person who wants to squander their money; but I have observed many projects and initiatives that end up...
Looking into the void for answers
I grew up in Nova Scotia in a card-playing family. My younger brother and I played cards a lot with our parents, grandparents, aunts,...
