I’ve been noticing a trend gaining more and more traction over at least the last decade. You’ve seen it, too, and we all use different words to describe a similar pattern. Disaggreable. Divisive. Unrelenting. Off-putting. Even alienating. No, I am NOT talking about politics. Instead, how we humans seem to view ourselves and the […]
This week, I finished the final episode about communication in the environmental space, titled ‘It’s Our Cynicism, Silly.’ No doubt you can read between the lines. The fundamental reason NOTHING is breaking through the sound barrier these days is that humans now hold a very high level of cynicism. I have to […]
If you are of a certain age, you’ll remember the commercial ditty, “Maybe it’s Maybelline.” The whole point was, if you met a womena who looked mighty fine, maybe it really had something to do with her makeup. (Sexist and demeaning? Yes. And so NOT today’s topic) I was reminded of that ditty the other […]
I was writing an episode for the 5Cs podcast when I realized it contains some nuggets that pertain to everyday life. Here are some very abridged thoughts for you to ponder. No doubt you’ve heard at least once in your life that you need to sell yourself first before you accomplish anything, sell an idea, […]
Do you remember the early to mid-1990s? We were forced to get behind Canada’s poorly communicated reduce, reuse, recycle program. We were given no solid personal reason to do so; it was communicated in vagaries about helping the planet and doing better, and the only thing we knew for sure was the deadline to comply. […]
December is turning into the whirlwind of activity season. Certainly not because of parties and social things. Instead, because many of my brother’s estate details are finally ending. (Notice I said many; I did not say all). One of the things I am doing is taking a portion of the estate proceeds and setting up […]
We often use “20/20 hindsight” to describe the clarity of vision that comes from our experiences – it allows us to see the mistakes we made in the past and how we could have done things differently. Since we are looking back on what has already occurred, the reasons it happened become crystal clear even […]
Too many decades ago, there was a tired old joke about how gals viewed the colour pink as the noun following many kinds of adjectives– cerise, Barbie Doll, screaming, cashmere, and even butter. And guys saw pink as pink, a fact. A lighter version of red. Yet both sexes (faked that they) knew exactly what […]
One day last week, at 1:27 p.m., I closed my computer and walked away. I had met my objective. In two months, my second book was finished. 44,000 words. I could do no more. This is the book I have always known was in me. My own thoughts with no thought-leader pretensions from ChatGPT and […]
One of the coolest things about living in the middle of wine country is the grape and wine festivals which occur in the early summer and early fall. (oops, and of course, there is the ice-wine festival in January.) Definitely, as the region gleefully gets back to pre-COVID business levels, it sure feels like there […]