Tag: Columnist
Window on the World Column | Snakes in the Attic
I was very young when I encountered my first. You never forget your first, or so they say! We were walking along a popular...
Funny Papers Again Column | My Friend Rick and My Country...
Disappointment to the point of anger. That is a rare emotion for me, but it was what surfaced the other week when I saw...
Funny Papers Again Column | One Mustang’s View of Bruins’ Independence
I was recently asked to send letters to some people and organizations offering a King City resident’s point of view regarding the proposed separation...
Window on the World Column | Who Did We Become —...
“I choose to look back and remember laughter and friendship….” This was a quote sent over from a former pupil of our boarding school...
Funny Papers Again Column | Sometimes Pleasure Is Found in the...
I have a clothesline. And that is fairly rare in this modern world of electronic labor-saving devices. In the house where I rent a...
Window on the World Column | A Change Is as Good...
“A change is as good as a rest!” My Granny Evelyn used to say on occasion, and I am not sure why, because she...
Funny Papers Again Column | Rick’s Flag Fluttering O’er a Flagging...
I found Rick’s flag in seven minutes. The chances of that happening were one in over 220; sizable odds at any gaming house or...
Window on the World Column | Lucy and Her Terrible, Horrible,...
“I went to sleep with gum in my mouth and now there’s gum in my hair and when I got out of bed this...
Funny Papers Again Column | Two Writers: One Contradictory, the Other...
When a writer is telling a story, varying audiences must be kept in mind, this can reveal differing descriptions of people, places and events...
Window on the World Column | My Daughter Is a Nurse
My little sister Rosie used to call my daughter a grafter, a nice London term for someone who works hard. And that has always...
