This is Not About Mich
I don’t know where this will all end for Mich. Hockey finds talent wherever it is in Canada and I expect opportunity will come calling. I am as sure as one can be that big things are ahead for Mich The Dreamer. And I do know this. It is on the backs of people just like him that hockey has become what it is for Canadians.
Old Men are Great
Mo and Dan are a couple of OLD buggers, right out of central casting. Craggy faces etched with life’s lessons, both of them limping and sore, the result of life’s wear and tear. Their ‘Best Before Date’ stamped on their creased foreheads. They were exactly what I was looking for.
Cancel?
Humour can strip us bare and reveal us for what we are as individuals or on a bigger social scale, what we are as a people. Humour lets us see ourselves for what we really are. Sometime that ain’t pretty but how can we change if we can’t see ourselves. How can we see ourselves if humour is cancelled?
Paying it Forward Can Cost Nothing
I have come to think there may be a more fulfilling way to ‘pay it forward’ and it doesn’t cost a penny. It begins with ‘hello’ and can often times result in idle chatter about nothing very important at all. But it has value. It is the gift of your time. And it can be priceless.
Death in the Yukon Chapter 13 and 14
“Well aren’t you a sight for sore eyes. I’ve been thinking about you.” Between the trial and Break Out, Beau’s week had been very full, to say the least but he had thought about Penny several times since they’d met. He knew he had been attracted to her but also knew that they were both just passing in the night.
Death in the Yukon Chapter 15 and 16
Whitehorse, the Yukon, the people he’d met, the experiences he’d had, they all changed Beau. He’d been reminded that this life he had to live was best lived with intention, with conviction and passion. He was satisfied that when he was old and grey and just left with the memories of his life, he’d be okay with these ones.
Death in The Yukon Chapter 11 and 12
Beau loved it. Here they were Bear, Shrap, Bean and Pablum, out for a night on the town. None of them from here, all of them here for a reason. As the night wore on, each of them trying to out drink one another, all part of the universal cock fight that it is to be a man, the stories got wilder and wilder.
Death in the Yukon Chapter 9 and 10
“Hello”, came a voice from across the aisle, “Isn’t this awe inspiring?” A pretty young woman looked over, the interruption made even more welcome by her English accent, not exactly commonplace in these parts, Beau thought to himself.
Death in the Yukon Chapter 7 and 8
No judge wants to order a mistrial. Their most fundamental responsibility in any trial, all the more so in a criminal trial, is to ensure the fair administration of justice. Beau always thought it must feel as though they have personally failed in that responsibility.
Death in the Yukon Chapter 5 and 6
Jury trials are a fascinating strategic contest between the prosecutor and defence lawyer, both battling for the minds of each and every juror. Of course, in criminal trials the defence doesn’t need to win over the minds of every juror. Just one would do.