FRIENDS
“Well that’s fine you three.” Jet spoke up from the shady spot he’d found under the trailer, “but you had better take care, there’s trouble out there and you’ll be in it before you know it.”
The More Things Change
I’m yearning for some sameness, something universal that all humans understand and seek. Something that has never changed and never will. And I may have found it in Canmore, AB.
I’m Aware That Some Stare at My (Ear) Hair
I’ll never forget the moment I realized I was middle aged. My glorious wife quietly saying to me, “Honey get your barber to shave your ear hair next time.”
And there it was. Middle age. And it was right on time. Bloody hell!
Place Peyton
Throughout my adult life I have been asked to run for various political positions and my answer has always been ‘no’. Like a hard NO!
It’s Weird Being the Same Age as Old People
Turns out: I AM OLD.
So here’s the deal. If I am old I have a few things to get off my chest and no time to waste if I understand the inevitable destination of ‘old’ correctly.
Like changing rooms for example.
I’m Not Racist But …
When I first arrived in 1958 there was a billboard on Bridge Hill leading down to the Okanagan Lake Bridge. It had a big beautiful BC grown apple with these words emblazoned across it, ‘Coast Japs not welcome!’.
Time Passages
I didn’t use my Time as well as I might. I was careless and self absorbed and arrogant until well into my thirties. I suppose it simply takes Time to really learn what is really important. At least it did for me.
Garry’s Table
As for me, I’ll revisit Garry from time to time and for as long as my memory is up to the task each time I visit, he and I will be laughing and sharing stories and drinking some delicious wine. We will be seated at ‘Garry’s Table’.
Whaaatttt!?
Whereupon eleven year old Tony was sent away to a boarding school in Vernon BC; confronted Hoyme the Darth Vader of his young life and navigated the dark passages of life at a boys school
On Hemorrhoids Nicknames and Belonging
“Before I had earned my membership in this group I had a nickname bestowed up on me. This was lightning in a bottle. Not only that, it was The Best Nickname I have ever been given and I’ve had a few. I’ll start at the beginning.”