Editing prose and writing poetry a fair bit now. And working. And coaching football. Won our first league game today which is a relief....

I wrote this two weeks ago. Somehow I f#$@ ed it up. So here it is. We have been working hard in the hot sun with the senior football...

It was so hot here on Tuesday that I cut football practice short. And I never cut football practice short. Our practices are never more...

A few of the guys I went to elementary and high school with get together at a cottage for a few days every summer. We are a group of men...

Summer is the time for reading more than any other. I have six books on my bedside table. I have some authors I would like to recommend....

Last night I watched an old movie called Fail Safe. It was set in the 1960’s. It was in black and white. There were only a few female...

There is a documentary series on Netflix titled Last Chance U. It is about a small community college in a small town in Mississippi with...

We are staying in a farmhouse about 100 km north of Kingston, Ontario for a week. It rained continuously for three straight days to...

We went to the Honda Indy race last weekend and we took the train. On the way there a wheel chair bound passenger got into some...

Write hard, even when you don't feel it. Its summer so there is more time. No excuses. Before we get to that however, here is a picture...

In the annals of first world problems, getting used to being on vacation ranks right up there. But as the years pass it gets harder and...

I am reading a collection of short stories written by Ian Fleming. They are focused, not surprisingly, on James Bond. They are remarkably...

Last night was our year end staff party. Five of our number are retiring this year, including a friend who was hired the same year as me....

Finishing up the first edit of my second novel. No title I am comfortable with yet. It is a sequel to my first. My editor, whom I hired...

In the book ‘Sapiens A Brief History of Mankind’, (which I highly recommend) the author Yuval Noah Harari maintains that human suffering...

I have grown to like racing. All kinds of motor racing. Once you see it live, up close, you get it. The speed is literally frightening....

It has become apparent to me that if I let my desire to be a writer (meaning a writer who earns a more than an insignificant amount of...

I'm coaching high school baseball at the moment. A short intense season and playoffs. We usually have a lot of pretty good players where...

Did you know that humans aren't kinder, gentler and more generous when they are younger? (As in, children.) The idea that an unspoiled...

I walked outside my workplace this morning, around 10 am. I wanted to know if the old key I had would unlock box the bases are in at the...