Ok so we’re back in Canada and unfortunately we’re in the last days of this trip before we head back to Australia. Both myself and Deb just finished 9 holes at the Hackers Haven par 3 golf course. We were greeted by deer and Woody the Woodpecker who was working feverishly banging away on the…
Just finished watching a Netflix limited series called “The Man in Full” which prompted me to write this post. The guy (Jeff Daniels) is a property mogul who turns 60 years old during one episode and he’s got some big headaches to deal with! As I’m about to turn 62 in two day’s time, there…
After another busy week, I’m sitting in an airport waiting for my flight to take me home. It leaves at a certain time. I’ll be glad to get home at a certain time. It’s a Friday and I have a heap of things I’d like to get done over the weekend. Unfortunately with limited time.…
Here we are at Christmas time again, another year just about done. For me, it’s a time to catch my breath, a time to find some calm in the world, a time to think about the past year. A time to reflect, play my guitar, read and catch up on outstanding house and yard tasks.…
How is it that some people’s lives never really grow or progress, nothing seems to go their way. Though curiously they’re not always negative and they’re not toxic people – how does that work? They do want the great car and the nice house or the loving relationship, but their thoughts are “I’ll never be…
Driving back to Maple Ridge from doing a bit of sightseeing just outside of Vancouver, I’m listening to a country music channel on the radio. Country music is huge in this part of the world. The lyrics don’t seem to change much from song to song or artist to artist. It’s Cowboys, Beer, Whiskey, Daddy’s…
I’ll set the scene – I remember turning 30. No big deal but my 20’s were done and my world was now focused on a very young family, paying a mortgage, paying bills, putting food on the table and everything in between that makes a young somewhat immature guy grow up pretty quickly and between…
Around May of this year our Council closed the pool I’ve been swimming at for the past four or five years. Yes it’s great that Council is going to update and enhance the facility. It’s not so great this will take two years. In the final weeks I wondered what would happen to the elderly…
So here we are. Day two, it’s mid morning and we’re sitting on the deck of a small building that resembles a Yurt. Our Yurt goes by the name of ”Air”. “Air” is located in a rainforest in Northern NSW and being winter with little sun being able to penetrate the bush canopy, it’s pretty…
I’ve spent a fair bit of time reading more than usual over the last twelve months. I read a few books by John Grisham (always a great fictional read) and the classic “Tale of Two Cities” by Charles Dickens which was very enjoyable and gave me a further insight into the French Revolution – not…