Earl Fowler Alrighty then. I fussed a little but sat on my hands when I read Sarah Knapton’s report in The Daily Telegraph about how some...

A whole lifetime is needed to learn how to live, and — perhaps you’ll find this more surprising — a whole lifetime is needed to learn how...

Earl Fowler Dozed off Saturday night listening to the music of the falling rain, telling me just what a fool I’ve been. Moments before,...

Great nations write their autobiographies in three manuscripts, the book of their deeds, the book of their words and the book of their...

David Sherman I’ve reached the age where I’ve become the perfect corporate citizen. I collect no salary or benefits, take up no office...

Earl Fowler Every festive season about this time, publishers release lists of neologisms — words or expressions coined during the dying...

Bob Morrissey Last night I had the strangest dream: I had died and gone to heaven, and instead of being welcomed at the Pearly Gates by...

Bob Morrissey Most pranks are done in good fun, with nary a consequence other than some wicked laughter directed at the victim. In this...

David Sherman Let me tell you about Paul. We were not the best of friends but we admired each other, enjoyed each other’s company and had...

Judit Kenyeres THE STORY I WILL TELL YOU IS NOT A STORY OF HEROIC DEEDS BUT A STORY OF CHILDREN'S COURAGE AND HOW IT'S EXPRESSED IN TIMES...

David Sherman I wake up each morning, least that’s the plan, fire up the tired espresso machine and read about death. It’s a life-long...

Bob Morrissey Of all the small businesses hurt by Covid 19, few have suffered more than barbershops. Yes, people are out-and-about more,...

Earl Fowler I was going to post an essay about artistic genius succumbing to uncertainty and lack of motivation, but in the end, this...

Bliss was it in that dawn to be alive, but to be young was very heaven! — William Wordsworth, The Prelude or, Growth of a Poet’s Mind: An...

Earl Fowler Top five reasons former Saskatchewan cabinet minister and convicted murderer Colin Thatcher, who served 22 years for the...

Bob Morrissey Oh, the thoughts that infiltrate a man’s mind when he pushes 80. They seemingly come out of nowhere. Thing is, once these...

Painting by John Pohl John Pohl Before there was computer messaging, there was the “telephone tree.” Or, more appropriately, the...

Bob Morrissey I had just finished undergoing my yearly physical when Dr. Pillmartin asked — well, more like demanded — that I put my...

As a man thinketh in his heart, so is he. — The Book of Proverbs Earl Fowler This strains the limits of human credulity, I know, but...

Edgar Rice Burroughs never would have looked upon himself as a social mover and shaker with social obligations. But as it turns out — and...