Beyond the horizon
A few weeks ago I met Myrtle Simpson. The lady is well over 80. In the 1960s she became the first woman to ski across Greenland with four others on an unsupported expedition. As this wonderfully feisty lady recounts her…
A few weeks ago I met Myrtle Simpson. The lady is well over 80. In the 1960s she became the first woman to ski across Greenland with four others on an unsupported expedition. As this wonderfully feisty lady recounts her…
My concerns about flying have little to do with the security screening I am afraid of United Airlines. For that matter, I am afraid of most airlines. I feel that they always have the upper hand. It may have a…
When the report from the medical clinic referred to me as “obese,” I took a double take. The reference was in the Body Mass Index (BMI) section of the report. My family doctor had suggested a series of preemptive risk…
At an early stage of life, if you could choose five traits that could shape your destiny, what would they be? Have you ever thought about it? Choices are a way of life. We develop our instincts and start making…
The epidural was a game changer. It was the first time in 25 years that I did not feel the throbbing unrelenting pain of arthritis in my lower back. I wept with joy. It was the sweetest experience of my life, prior…
Technically, there is no such thing as a simple Indian wedding. You take the complexity to another level when you do an Indian wedding in Canada, and the groom is American. Throw in remote management by my daughter who was…
I feel kind of sad as I write this post. If you ever ran a small business that failed, you would know the feeling. It was not my business. But, you still feel for the people who tried really hard…
Betting on Education We did the math. After us picking up half the tab, my daughter’s student loan was going to be larger than the mortgage on our house. It was not a comforting thought — letting your child rack…
When I missed it the second time around, I started to worry. It was my third week at the job; my second career – truck driving. I tried to remember the instructions from the truck driving school. Don’t let your ego…
In a sense, I had broken the pattern. While most of my friends were still considering upsizing or upgrading their homes, my wife and I were downsizing to a condo. To me, it was sort of the next phase of…