I'm at the. Doctor's office this morning to learn about the outcomes of a couple of stress tests I took in early December. I don't anticipate anything serious, but one never knows. What I do know is, that the issues that sent me to the doctor in the first place have pretty much disappeared since the tests. As a matter of fact, considering the ( Read more... )

I just got in from shoveling the sidewalk and part of the driveway. I gave up on the part where the truck is parked. The snow is too deep and I'm too old! I had read somewhere last year that this winter would be a difficult one: lots of cold and lots of snow. Well the forecast seems to have been quite accurate. We've had worst winters as far as ( Read more... )

Happy new year everyone!

I keep thinking, I need to sit down and reflect on 2013, share my thoughts on what I accomplished this year and look at what's up in the coming year. I've been thinking about this for weeks! But I have just been too busy and too preoccupied with the season's activities to do so. Today finally I have taken a few moments to ( Read more... )

It is that festive time of the year in which the demands of the season, family and friends, etc., take over our lives and keep us distracted from the cold, dark days we must endure in the countdown to the winter solstice. It is truly a blessing that we have the holidays to distract us from the dying of the year. If nothing else, festive Christmas ( Read more... )

I'm not exactly sure where I learned this expression, but it's always stuck in my mind as one of the important facts of life. Entropy is!

When I say this, I'm not trying to be terribly scientific. I couldn't explain all the different thermal-dynamic, statistical or philosophical meanings of the word "entropy." What it means to me is, that all ( Read more... )

After enjoying a week of fall-like weather, we have been enjoying a couple of days of very hot, humid conditions reminding us that summer is not yet over. I won't complain too much about it. Looking at the forecast it would appear that fall will return in earnest starting tomorrow when the temperature drops 20°. I'm sure I'll like it better, but ( Read more... )

We are well into the month of September, and we have been enjoying weather that reminds one of fall even though fall will not officially begin for another couple of weeks. The leaves on our large maple in the front garden are turning colour and falling at an alarming rate. I'm not sure if this is because of the semi drought conditions we've enjoyed ( Read more... )

My good friend, Brian, and I have decided to take a road trip. We want to drive to Boston and check out some things there, then head northeast towards Maine and the Canadian Maritime Provinces. We really don't have much of an agenda and will be playing it by ear as we travel. I'm not convinced this is the best way to take a road trip, but sometimes ( Read more... )

Robbie and I had been looking forward to a trip to Florida for a long time. For his part, he was wiped out from his schoolwork, his job and he needed some time off. For my part I just needed to see the sun and feel the warmth of it for a while.

We had planned to leave on Monday, March 11, 2013, but a problem with the car delayed our departure.

I had ( Read more... )

Yesterday was a bright and sunny day. I persuaded Robbie to get out of bed and go for a drive down to Port Burrell in order to take a look at the newly installed submarine, the Canadian warship, Ojibwa. It's a big monster, especially sitting on the ground out of its native element. I look forward to getting inside it and perhaps operating the ( Read more... )