What if we could see ourselves as others see us? Robbie Burns’ poem, “Ode to a Louse,” suggests it would be a powerful thing if…
At a recent get-together with friends and acquaintances the after-dinner conversation brushed up against U.S. politics. Someone (probably me), immediately said, “Don’t Go There.” Everybody…
In the 1930s and 1940s, Ontario lakeshore vacation spots such as Port Stanley, Bayfield, Grand Bend, all had dance pavilions. I was charmed by the…
It started out as simple curiosity. Never in a million years did I think I would develop an addiction to TikTok. For all my rants…
In Shakespeare’s The Winter’s Tale, King Leontes becomes irrationally convinced, without concrete evidence, that his wife is cheating on him with his best friend, another…
I have a Tiktok habit. Maybe you do too, or Youtube or Facebook reels are your preference. It’s all innocent and fun until you get…
Too many headlines and recent news stories have begun with, “Imagine if Obama or Biden had done…” …fill-in-the-blank with anything the current US administration has…
There must be fifty ways to leave your lover… MAGA is considered by many non-MAGA people to be a cult. Cults are a fascinating aspect…
Yesterday, April 5, 2025, massive protests were organized across the United States. Today, the numbers are in; over 5 million people marched in peaceful protest…
In a study of sand piles, (bear with me), scientists Bak and Chen dropped single grains of sand at regular intervals onto one spot. As…