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Happy Birthday Mom

Today, October 26th is my mom’s birthday and she sits in an Ottawa hospital awaiting placement in a nursing home. She’s recovered well from her stroke but remains disoriented and confused. As time goes on, she will become more confused and remember even less. She has...
The Ghosts of Birthdays Past

The Ghosts of Birthdays Past

Since birthdays are a time of reflection, I thought I’d share some photos of my past birthdays. Here I am with my mom. This was taken not long after we came home to our apartment on Coster Street from St Francis Hospital in the Bronx.Mom was 33 when she had me and I...

Favourite Cartoons

Whirl, whirl twist and twirl. Jump around like a flying squirrel. It’s Saturday morning and time for a cartoon. This cross-dressing rabbit was one of my favourites growing up. Bugs is my hero! (grin) Enjoy. Hillbilly Hare

Saturday Morning Cartoons

Feeling rather nostalgic these days. It’s a beautiful Saturday morning here and I’m sitting on the patio enjoying the sound of the doves and drinking my coffee. This is a weekend morning ritual for me but many years ago my Saturday morning ritual was a bowl of Sugar...
The Man Who Loved Women

The Man Who Loved Women

This is what most people remember when they think of Albert Einstein – the perfect caracature of the ‘mad scientist’. Albert, along with Madame Currie and Louis Pasteur were childhood heroes of mine. While other kids swooned over rock stars and movie idols, I’d spend...
Easter 1966

Easter 1966

Forty years ago this Easter I was convinced my mom had won the Irish Sweepstakes. I didn’t know it at the time but the only way you could get Irish Sweepstakes tickets was on the black market. Mom had been buying them from “a friend of a friend” for years and she’d...